2013
21.05.13 German aluminium producers and processors were strong contenders in the market during the 1st quarter of 2013. Production in the areas most important in terms of quantities was stable, or even showed slight gains. The branch expects largely stable production for the whole of 2013.
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06.05.13 On the Ligurian coast, Italy can be seen and experienced at its best. The city of Loano is characterized by a mixture of maritime flair, rocking boats, and pulsating life, and this is also reflected in the new marina.
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06.05.13 The EasyRaise Ladder Platform SL made of aluminium brings GS-certified safety into harmony with efficiency for scaffold structures on the roof. The system comprises a combination of work platform and roof edge protection.
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29.04.13 Elisental in Neuenrade has established a new base for its supply of wire rod. The founding of the German-Spanish joint venture, ESAL Rod Alloys, means that they are now even more independent of suppliers of primary material.
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29.04.13 Schüco ADS 112 IC (Aluminium Door System, 112 mm depth, Insulation Cover) is the first aluminium door system of a German system provider that satisfies the strict passive house certification criteria of the Passive House Institute in Darmstadt, Germany.
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22.04.13 An impressive and futuristic architectural project has been completed in Dalian in the Chinese province of Liaoning. It is an international conference centre with facade cladding made of J73A coil-anodized aluminium from Novelis. From afar the building looks like an oversized sea shell.
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22.04.13 Flexible, fast and differentiated – that’s how Dynamark variable printing technology works from Ball Packaging Europe, one of the largest beverage can manufacturers in Europe. Effective immediately, with the new process European beverage can producers can obtain cans with up to 24 different designs in one production run.
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15.04.13 Manufacturers of aluminium packaging recorded slight volume losses in the business year 2012. In 2012, aluminium packaging manufacturers produced a total of 320,025 tons of aluminium foils, tubes and aerosol cans, 4.6 percent less than the amount produced in the previous year (2011: 335,490 tons).
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15.04.13 After 40 years of service, the cars of the world-famous suspension railway in the German city of Wuppertal are now being replaced with a new generation of aluminium carriages. The company has chosen to meet this responsibility by relying on friction-stir welding.
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08.04.13 Hydro has decided to nearly double the capacity of its continuous annealing line at its aluminium rolling mill in Grevenbroich. This is to satisfy growing demand from the automotive industry. After the expansion the annealing line AL2 will have the ability to produce up to 50,000 tonnes of aluminium strip for car body parts.
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08.04.13 The OP-SHIPP Module 11909 from the Ophardt R+D shipyard in Duisburg has been distinguished with the renowned “red dot award-honourable mention: Product-Design 2013”. OP-SHIPP Modules made of seawater-resistant aluminium are available in several lengths.
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28.03.13 With a world production volume of 6.93 billion cans the aluminium aerosol can industry achieved another record in 2012. This corresponds to an increase in demand by 5 % compared to 2011 figures.
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28.03.13 Designer radiators are becoming more and more popular. An increasing number of home and flat owners are finding out that a radiator can not only be used to radiate heat, but also be integrated in the home furnishings as designer object. The use of aluminium for an item that is conventionally the domain of steel is uncommon.
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20.03.13 The member companies of etma, the European tube manufacturers association, managed to increase their production again in 2012, up 1 % on what was already a successful previous year. Despite the difficult economic and business environment in Europe, the ten-billion-tube barrier was broken once again, with 10.33 billion tubes being produced.
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20.03.13 The upward trend of the can in Germany persists: The European association of beverage can manufacturers, Beverage Can Makers Europe (BCME), recorded another rise in beverage cans sold in Germany, to around 1.4 billion in 2012. BCME reported a rise in sales of beverage cans in 2012 of almost 25 per cent compared to the previous year.
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11.03.13 They have good reason to be pleased. Christian Wellner, Managing Director of GDA, and Hans-Joachim Erbel, CEO of ALUMINIUM organiser Reed Exhibitions Deutschland GmbH, further confirm their cooperation under a partnership agreement. The revised agreement envisages cooperation for an indefinite period.
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11.03.13 In order to better link the famous crystal museum and the city centre, the small municipality of Baccarat in the Lorraine region had a new aluminium bridge built over the river Meurthe for pedestrians and cyclists.
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04.03.13 GDA is organising the EAC European Aluminium Congress 2013 on 25-26 November 2013 in Düsseldorf; this year’s motto is ‘Aluminium Automotive Applications – Tomorrows Design and Sustainable Performance’. GDA is now inviting suggestions for topics to be covered and presentations. The deadline for submission is 15 April 2013.
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04.03.13 In 2009 the "Stadio delle Alpi" was demolished to make way for the club's new modern football arena, the Juventus Stadium. A large part of the facade of this new construction is covered in aluminium standing seam profiles from the Austrian company PREFA.
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25.02.13 In mid-February, the company Richter Aluminium put a new 45MN extrusion press line into operation at its site in Schutterwald, Germany. This new development involved investment costs of around 12 million euros.
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25.02.13 For the first time the newly developed recycled aluminium sheet "AMAG Green Alu” from AMAG Austria Metall AG in Ranshofen will be utilized in a premium car brand. Mercedes-Benz is integrating it in its SL-Class as trunk recess.
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18.02.13 Sentiment among Germany’s aluminium producers and processors improved slightly at the start of 2013. Following a good start in the first half of 2012 there was a detectable decline in the growth dynamics at the end of the year. However, the sector is more optimistic for 2013 and is hoping for a stable economic trend.
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18.02.13 Carl Pfeffer, CEO of Aluminium-Werke Wutöschingen (AWW), has been appointed to the committee for small and medium size enterprises of the Federation of German industries (BDI). The goal is to effectively represent at the BDI the interests of small and medium size enterprises of the metal industry.
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12.02.13 Working together with international research institutes, Trimet Aluminium AG in Essen has developed a method of adapting the energy requirements of the production process to a fluctuating power supply. During a visit to the site in Essen the Federal Environment Minister, Peter Altmaier, learned about the new method as well as general conditions for aluminium production.
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12.02.13 Anyone who often travels by bus or train has probably long been familiar with aluminium tubular connectors. This is because many vehicle builders in this area use connector elements.
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04.02.13 The high level of recycling of aluminium packaging in Germany has risen again, and reached a new peak in 2011. Of the 93,700 tonnes of aluminium packaging used on the market in this year, 82,200 tonnes were recycled. This corresponds to a rate of recycling of 87.8 per cent.
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04.02.13 Over 60 extraordinary ideas of an exceptional quality were submitted by designers, young professionals, students, or design schools from eleven different countries and critically appraised by a jury made up of experts from the design, packaging, and industrial sectors, making the YOUR TUBE AWARD a great success.
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28.01.13 GDA, the Aluminium Engineering Center Aachen e.V. (aec), and the RWTH International Academy GmbH will be jointly holding the further training seminar “Introduction to Aluminium Technology” from 18 to 21 February 2013.
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28.01.13 Alcoa Architectural Products has introduced at BAU 2013 a painted aluminium facade panel which cleans both itself and the surrounding air. The aluminium panel Reynobond / Reynolux with EcoClean has a titanium dioxide coating and has the potential to reduce cleaning and maintenance costs by more than 50 per cent.
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21.01.13 In a joint project together with the Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (IBU), PE International GmbH and other partners, the GDA is developing environmental product declarations (EPDs) for aluminium construction elements.
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14.01.13 What are the latest developments in aluminium recycling and what are the opportunities and risks? Aluminium recycling’s contribution towards effective handling of resources will be a common thread running through all presentations at the OEA’s 12th International Aluminium Recycling Conference, held in Düsseldorf on 25 and 26 February 2013.
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14.01.13 German automotive suppliers are currently facing slower sales and revenue growth. But, as Düsseldorf’s IKB Bank has stated in its latest industry report, they are well prepared for this.
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03.01.13 The GDA has become a supporting member of SAVE FOOD, an initiative run by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) in conjunction with Messe Düsseldorf GmbH. The GDA sees its collaboration with SAVE FOOD as an opportunity to portray packaging as part of the solution for greater sustainability in production and consumption.
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03.01.13 Beverage cans are becoming increasingly popular amongst consumers. In the first nine months of 2012, 20 percent more beverage cans were sold in Germany than in the same time the previous year. A total of 1.05 billion cans were passed over German sales counters from January to September 2012; 73.4 percent were aluminium cans.
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