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Hydro Promotes on Use of Aluminium in Solving Global Climate Challenges

Hydro is sharing a stand with the German aluminium company Trimet in the German pavillion, at the invitation of the German Emission Trading Authority

10 May 2008

Corus Launches The Next Step in Metallic Coating with Superior Properties

International steel producer Corus is to launch a new hot-dip zinc-based metallic coating with superior corrosion properties. Corus is the first mover in the European market. In tests where corrosion behaviour has be...

10 May 2008

MIT Students Set Out to Develop Cost Efficient Solar Power

For a project that could be on the very cutting edge of renewable energy, this one is actually decidedly low tech--and that's the point. A team of MIT students, led by mechanical engineering graduate student Spenc...

8 May 2008

Hydro to Showcase Present and Future Development in Aluminium Building System in Upcoming Veteco Trade Show

Each of Hydro's three aluminium building systems brands is presenting their most recent - and future - product developments at the Veteco International Window, Curtain Walls and Structural Glass trade show in Spain. ...

7 May 2008

Alcoa Boost to Aluminium Smelter Efficiency Receives Prestigious International Award

Alcoa announced today that its Warrick (Indiana) Operations has been selected as a finalist in a prestigious, international competition hosted by the American Society for Quality (ASQ). The Alcoa “Current Effici...

7 May 2008

Zwick Establish Aerospace Testing Lab at University in Singapore

Zwick has established an application laboratory at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. The laboratory is part of the new School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the testing machines are being used for both R&D and student education.

From ZwickRoell GmbH Co. KG 5 May 2008

Kyma Technologies Aluminum Nitride Templates Offers Significant Cost Reduction and Enhancement to Wafer Manufacturers

Kyma Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of ultra-high purity crystalline gallium nitride (GaN) and aluminum nitride (AlN) materials and related products and services, has been supplying AlN and GaN templates to the n...

5 May 2008

Joint Alcoa Developement Delivers First Ever Built-In Vent Can Offering Smoother Pour

Alcoa , the company that invented the pull-top aluminum can, announced today that it has worked with Ball Corporation and Coors Brewing Company to introduce the Vented Wide Mouth Can – the industry’s first-ev...

3 May 2008

Siemens Metals Set to Modernize Rolling Mill Equipment Increasing Productivity and Quality for Automative Industry

Siemens Metals Technologies has been awarded an order by Nikkei Siam Aluminium Ltd., Thailand, to modernize the company's aluminum rolling mill by supplying new mechanical equipment, as well as process and drive syst...

1 May 2008

Novelis Invests US$17.2 million on Expansion of Aluminium Production

Novelis Inc., the global leader in aluminum rolling and can recycling, announced today that it will invest 11 million Euro (US$17.2 million) to expand production capacity at its plant in Nachterstedt, Germany, in respons...

30 Apr 2008

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