SKAD Casting-Mechanical Plant (Krasnoyarsk region), one of the largest aluminum alloys wheels manufacturers in Russia, this year has increased output by 27% YoY, to 1.2 million wheels. So far exports account for 40% of sales. In 2018 the company will increase investments in modernization and development. This will allow SKAD to increase output by 200-250…
Metal of the Kazakhstan Electrolysis Works has become a part of products of the new enterprise to produce alloyed aluminum – Giessenhause LLC, which has received the award as the Best industrial project. KEZ is the only manufacturer of aluminum in Kazakhstan. Giessenhause project capacity is 52 thousand tons per year. KEZ has already supplied…
RUSAL announces that aluminum alloys 8030 and 8176 have been successfully approved by Russian authorities for the use in electrical wiring applications. This approval opens up new market opportunities for aluminum. The Ministry of Energy of the Russian Federation has approved the order that regulates construction of electrical installations and permits the use of aluminum…
Russia has all the prerequisites to increase aluminum consumption from the current 6 kg per capita to 10 kg by 2020. And this is one of the tasks of the Aluminum Association, the organization chairman Valentin Trischenko declared. “For this we need to direct all our efforts to the import of all industries. We hope…
The world demand for aluminum in 2017 will grow by 5.9% YoY, to 63.1 million tons, because of the improvement on markets outside of China by 3.9%, to 29.3 million tons, and in China – by 7.7%, to 33.8 million tons. According to Rusal forecasts, shortage will total 1.1 million tons of aluminum, up from…
Management of Russian Aluminum Association has held negotiations with the management of Japan Aluminum Association in Tokyo. The Japan party was presented detailed information on technological parks being created in the cities of Krasnoyarsk and Volgograd as well as the Republic of Khakassia, ways to establish manufacture there, privileges, etc. The parties also discussed cooperation…
The city of Izhevsk entrepreneur Alexei Isupov and the Industrial and investment complex Vector (Crimea, annexed by Russia) have signed an agreement to create the Izhevsk foundry works Vector. The new company will process aluminum for Crimea. Investments will total 70 million rubles. 50 jobs will be created. The Izhevsk party will prepare the manufacturing…
Agrisovgaz has started producing high-precision castings of aluminum alloys using vacuum-film molding. The castings are made on the modern equipment. The products are tested for quality on site. The company can now produce castings of 2-80 kg of aluminum and zinc alloys with the capacity of 600 tons per year. (Ukrainian metal)
