Aerospace end market check-in: 2025 aircraft deliveries
A review of 2025 Airbus and Boeing aircraft deliveries, with context around production and supply-chain structure.
Tag: Rolled products
Labor agreement timelines converge in US aluminum
Labor agreements across US aluminum producers are converging around 2026, bringing collective bargaining timelines into sharper focus this year.
AB InBev repurchases minority stake in US metal can operations
Anheuser-Busch InBev has repurchased a minority stake in its US metal can manufacturing operations, reversing a $3 billion transaction completed in 2020.
Novelis says Oswego repairs to cost $255 million, restart TBD
The most recent blaze in November damaged the hot mill's finishing mill, which is highly specialized.
Airbus' low-profile overhaul takes flight
A cluster of Airbus announcements reveals how quickly the OEM is tightening and rebalancing its US supply chain.
Hoover enters aluminum cladding with acquisition of Arconic asset
Hoover Treated Wood Products is entering the aluminum-cladding market through its acquisition of Arconic's AAP LLC operation in Eastman, Ga., adding ACM production to its portfolio while Arconic retains its Kawneer building-system assets.
AMU survey results: November lead times ease
November's AMU survey shows broad easing in aluminum lead times across sheet and extrusion products, contrasted by a modest uptick in P1020 that illustrates the split between contract-anchored primary markets and the more dynamic semi-fabricated segment.
Sortera wants to 'unlock the scrap' with new funding, second sorting plant
Sortera uses proprietary technology equipped with AI-enabled multi-sensor sorting systems with blending capabilities to better sort and upcycle scrap
Negotiations heat up in US VAP market: Billet, PFA and wire rod premiums diverge
Contract talks for U.S. value-added aluminum products are reaching a critical stage, with billet, primary foundry alloys, and wire rod upcharges diverging as buyers and producers race to finalized 2026 pricing.
Gränges predicts poor demand for HVAC in short term
The third quarter already showed an HVAC market weakened considerably due to falling consumer demand and destocking at manufacturers and distributors.