News
At the end of February 2023, the new aluminum cold rolling mill (CRM) at North China Aluminum New Material Technology (NCA) rolled its first coil.
Rolling mill
SMS Group, Düsseldorf, Germany, has started up the new aluminum cold rolling mill at Bao Wu Aluminium Technology in China at an early stage.
Equipment
Tenova SpA has successfully commissioned the roll grinding machine and roll shop equipment for JW Aluminum’s new hot rolling mill in Goose Creek, USA.
Amag Rolling GmbH has awarded Primetals Technologies an order to modernize the four-high cold rolling stand at its site in Ranshofen, Austria.
The first aluminium hot strip coil was rolled on the Elval Halcor high-performance production line at the Oinofyta plant near Athens.
Cutting Technology
Fimi Spa has signed a contract with Alcomet AD in Shumen, Bulgaria, for the supply of a new slitting and cut-to-length line.
Industry
Coast Aluminum has successfully started up a new cut-to-length line at its US facility in Kent, Washington. The line was supplied by Andritz Herr-Voss Stamco Inc and processes 0.25” x 72” wide stainless steel and aluminium and has an incoming coil capacity of 20,000 lbs.
SMS group has replaced two existing plate-type filters with new Multi-Plate filters at Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products in Grevenbroich. The filters are used for the cleaning of rolling oil from aluminium foil production. The new filters of types MPF 3-13 and MPF 3-16 assure high efficiency in rolling oil cleaning.
A new equipment improves quality, productivity and availability for Constellium Singen´s whole range of added value Aluminum rolled products
Aludium, supplier of aluminium solutions for the distribution and industrial market in Europe, has appointed Lionel Chapis as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2020. Chapis, who most recently served as Managing Director, Automotive Solutions, at Constellium, brings over two decades of experience in the aluminum industry to this new role. Oliver Bell, who has served as Interim Chief Executive Officer, will support Chapis during the transition period through March and then continue in his role as member of the Board of Directors and Operating Partner of Atlas Holdings, which owns Aludium.
Tenova and Chalco Ruimin Co. have officially signed the Final Acceptance Certificates for a continuous annealing and chemical pre-treatment line for processing aluminium strip coils. The aluminium lines have been installed at a new plant in the Fuzhou Economic Technical Development Area on China’s south-eastern coast. The two new lines process automotive and aerospace industry grade aluminium alloys (series 5xxx, 6 xxx and 7 xxx), with strip width ranging from 1,000 up to 2,200 mm and thickness ranging from 0.5 up to 4 mm.
SMS group has received an order from Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood, LLC, USA, for the modernization of the 112-inch finishing mill exit end of its aluminium hot strip mill. This modernization project covers the replacement of two ‘constant passline’ coilers with a single fixed position coiler. The aluminium hot strip mill is a key production unit at Ravenswood and is essential for providing hot rolled coils for further processing by the cold rolling mills. This revamp will provide Constellium with improved equipment reliability and reduced equipment downtime.
Mino SpA of Alessandria in Italy reports record order backlog for the past twelve months. With a wide range of contracts ranging from two-stand hot mills, cold rolling and foil mills, heat treatment lines and slab scalpers in its portfolio, Mino is a true global player in the rolling mill equipment market.
Henan Tongren Aluminium Co. Ltd awarded Tenova a new contract for a continuous annealing and chemical pretreatment line for processing aluminium strip.
Automotive
Rusal and Braidy Industries plan to establish a joint project in Ashland, Kentucky to produce flat rolled aluminium products for the US automotive industry.
Amag’s newly constructed cladding station was officially commissioned on 11 February.
Primetals Technologies has received an order from Ulsan Aluminium Ltd to supply new automation technology to the company’s hot rolling mill and cold rolling mill no. 2 in Ulsan in the southeast of Korea. Both rolling mills will be equipped with new technological control systems based on a new automation platform. The new automation technology will improve the reliability and availability of the rolling mills. The modernization of the two rolling mills is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2018.
Henan Mingtai Al. Industrial has granted SMS group the final acceptance certificate for the new aluminium cold rolling mill established at the Gongyi location in China. The company started the regular operation soon after a short and efficient commissioning and ramp-up phase.
Amag rolling GmbH in Ranshofen, Austria, has awarded Primetals Technologies the order to modernize the continuous heat treatment line no. 2. This involves renewing the electrical and automation equipment as well as replacing and adding instrumentation and control components. The safety equipment will also be brought up to the state-of-the-art.
Arconic has reached an agreement to sell its Texarkana, Texas rolling mill to Ta Chen International, Inc., a US subsidiary of aluminium and stainless steel distributor Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. Under the terms of the transaction, Arconic will sell Texarkana for approximately USD300 million in cash, plus additional contingent consideration of up to USD50 million. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2018, subject to receipt of certain regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions.
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