Category: Machinery & Equipment

Part 1 of a deeper look at the expanded Section 232 tariffs on aluminum derivatives.

The single-family sector has come to terms with the current housing climate, while multi-family is still learning the hard way.

Behind the diverging fortunes of office and industrial construction, key indicators reveal where future aluminum demand may be building or in teardown mode.

Superior Industries is officially off the New York Stock Exchange, and while that might sound like a corporate headline, it carries bigger weight for anyone tied to the aluminum supply chain.

Sortation technology is often puzzle where the end goal determines the methods employed, making it hard to gauge what companies are capable of going beyond standard processing.

Kaiser Aluminum's first-quarter 2025 results reveal a company pulled in different directions, its' end sectors diverge in trajectory.

Container routes are collapsing, and tariffs are tightening, cross-Pacific trade is in flux, and aluminum exporters and North American Manufacturers are feeling it from both ends.

By know you must have “tariff fatigue,” so we are shifting gears to focus the maritime tax proposals of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) plus some other lowkey tax relief bills that may have out-sized positive effects to sectors served by aluminum. United States Trade Representative (USTR) port fee plans for Chinese ships The […]

China’s move may matter politically, but from a raw materials standpoint, the bigger story is how little clarity there still is when it comes to what “aerospace demand” really means for aluminum.