Trimet has been producing aluminum rolling ingots at the Saint-Jean-deMaurienne location After a test phase lasting several months, the Trimet plant in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne put a vertical continuous caster into full operation on December 10, 2014. With an annual production capacity of around 60,000 tons of rolling ingots, the system represents a strategic addition to the product portfolio of the facility…

Joint Venture with Bohai Automotive Systems On December 13, 2017 Trimet Aluminium SE signed a joint venture agreement with Bohai Automotive Systems Co., Ltd (Bohai) for the materials specialist’s Automotive Division. Once this transaction is final, the Chinese automotive specialist will hold the majority of shares in Trimet Automotive Holding GmbH, which along with its subsidiaries at the plants in…

Essen. Trimet Aluminium SE and Iqony Fernwärme GmbH have concluded a cooperation agreement on the use of waste heat from aluminum production at Trimet’s Essen site. From January 2025 onwards, Trimet’s aluminum smelting plant will feed around 31,000 megawatt hours (MWh) per year into Iqony’s district heating network. With this cooperative venture, the two partners are strengthening their commitment to…

Essen/Voerde – The Trimet aluminium smelter in Voerde is 50 years old. Operations began at the smelting works with adjoining anode factory and foundry in the Lower Rhine region on May 11, 1971. Today, 320 employees produce around 95,000 tons of aluminium and 65,000 tons of carbon anodes here each year. The aluminium smelter is an integral part of the group of Trimet locations in Germany and meets the…

Trimet Aluminium SE has developed a new process control system for controlling the electrolysis furnaces in its aluminium smelters. The METRICS ® control and monitoring system developed in-house by the company will replace various control systems at the Essen, Hamburg, Voerde and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne sites in the future. With it, the materials specialist is implementing a consistent standard at the very…

France’s Minister of Economic Affairs Macron visits aluminum smelter in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne By commissioning additional electrolytic furnaces, Trimet has expanded the production capacity of its aluminum smelter in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. The medium-sized family enterprise will invest about 100 million euros in expanding its production sites in France over the next three years. On Saturday, September 6,…

Trimet Aluminium SE increased its sales of aluminum products in the 2015/2016 fiscal year (June 30). Some 3,000 employees at eight locations produced approximately 775,000 tons of aluminum and cast iron products, five percent more than last year. The Trimet Group closed the financial year with a consolidated turnover of 1.7 billion euros. In the current financial year, the materials specialist continues to…

The percentage of recycled aluminum in the production of the light metal aluminum is becoming increasingly important at Trimet Aluminium SE. An ever-increasing amount of the material in circulation goes hand-in-hand with increasing amounts of aluminum scrap. The reutilization of aluminum does not impair its quality and application diversity, and uses significantly less energy. Trimet Aluminium SE attaches…

At the Aluminium trade fair, Trimet Aluminium SE will present a broad range of products and services. One focus is aluminum recycling. The materials specialist has invested in the modernization of its recycling plants in Gelsenkirchen and Harzgerode to ensure more productivity, save resources and protect the environment. Trimet produces about 235,000 tons of recycled aluminum annually. Recycling is becoming…