Alcoa will curtail its San Ciprián aluminum smelter in Spain and initiate a collective dismissal that will affect approximately 530 employees. This was announced on October 08, 2020. The smelter’s curtailment is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2021, and approximately 100 employees will remain to operate a portion of the casthouse.

The Aluminium Rheinfelden Group, a manufacturer of aluminum products, has to cover under a protective umbrella in order to avoid a possible insolvency. One of the reasons given by the company is the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the growing need for hospital care worldwide, bringing new ventilators to the market as quickly as possible was not only in the Vostermans Alu Foundries customer's business interest, but it was even of vital importance for thousands of corona patients. Therefore, the company was asked to cast 700 aluminum bases for these devices in the shortest possible time.

Automotive parts supplier Chassix changed its name to Aludyne and opened their plant for manufacturing aluminum components in Contera Park Ostrava City. The plant will produce aluminum chassis components for the automotive industry.

One year ago the motto for 2019 was: Sales up, profits down. For two years in a row, growth had slowed down. But compared to the current situation and the findings from the first half of 2020, times were rather rosy.

While German foundries were already struggling with a downturn, the corona crisis has further shaken the industry. The challenge now is to provide assistance and make concrete recommendations for action.

The ongoing corona pandemic is dominating the world and is not stopping at the foundry industry. We have surveyed the industry and identified current and upcoming challenges facing foundrymen, suppliers, manufacturers and service providers.

After years of continuous growth, the global economy has recently begun to shrink. Especially the automotive industry as the most important customer of the foundry industry is affected by this.

Thyssenkrupp Carbon Components and the Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center developed fully tested 19“CFRP hybrid wheels. The project was executed using Thyssenkrupp’s braiding technology when producing the rim well. It is completed with a forged aluminum wheel centre through a newly developed, extremely robust, yet almost invisible fixing and sealing technology.

KMA was nominated for the Energy Efficiency Award in the category "Concepts for climate-neutral companies" in this year's competition round. A jury with representatives from politics, business, media and research selected twelve candidates for the Award 2020 from over 140 submitted applications.

This article series presents various possibilities along the product life cycle that innovative additive solutions offer to a tradition-conscious industry. In the third part, variants of Rapid Casting, costs and options in the spare parts business are considered.

Rationalisation and the automation of production steps associated herewith is becoming an increasingly important factor for the long-term success of a company, especially in a global context. However, the investment casting process with its individual production parts in various shapes and sizes is a great challenge for this process. Why?

The producers of Primary Aluminum in South America are Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela. In the beginnings of the Latin American reducers, Venezuela marked the pattern that Argentina nowadays makes, apart from the Brazilian giant with greater production and different history. In this article we will focus on Venezuela.

The German and European foundry industry is currently affected by several crises. Franz-Josef Wöstmann, Head of the Department for Early Technology Detection and Recycling, Fraunhofer IFAM and technical director of the "Forum Gießerei-Industrie", explains the current situation and points out important aspects which the industry must tackle now.

A jury with representatives from politics, business, media and research has selected twelve companies as candidates for this year's Energy Efficiency Award of the German Energy Agency (Dena). The winning projects will be announced in November at the Dena Energy Turnaround Congress.

Due to the growing need for hospital care worldwide, bringing new ventilators to the market as quickly as possible was not only in the Vostermans Alu Foundries customer's business interest, but it was even of vital importance for thousands of corona patients. Therefore, the company was asked to cast 700 aluminum bases for these devices in the shortest possible time.