by Adam Rogers | 28, Dec, 2020 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Extrusion, Aluminium Grades, Metal Definitions, Recycling, Sustainability
About aluminium 6061 – Ideal for engineering and structural applicationsAluminium 6061 and 5052 are fairly similar, but 6061 is a lot stronger thanks to being a heat-treatable alloy. Loved for its many useful features, it is used more often than 5052 in engineering...
by Adam Rogers | 14, Dec, 2020 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Extrusion, Aluminium News, Metal News, Steel, Sustainability
Ocean-floor exploitation, monolith mystery, sheet steel ships and golf clubsAs experts in metal supplies UK we’re always on the look-out for exciting news. Here are four of the best stories form early December 2020, and here’s wishing you luck whatever...
by Adam Rogers | 23, Nov, 2020 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Plate, Metal Definitions, Metal Uses
About Aluminium 7075 – A popular engineering material Aluminium alloys are known for their strength and lightness, which means they have a very wide range of uses. In the case of aluminium 7075 the properties of base aluminium are improved by the alloying element...
by Adam Rogers | 12, Oct, 2020 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium News, Aluminium Price Trends, Aluminium Tech, Environmental, Green, Industry News, Innovation, Metal News, Metal Prices, Recycling, Sustainability
Sustainable aluminium cans, moderate falls in production, cool developmentsAs leaders in the UK metal supply scene, we’re always fascinated by new and exciting stories about the metals we provide to our customers. This time around, as the pandemic rolls on,...
by Adam Rogers | 19, Feb, 2020 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Aluminium Extrusion, Aluminium News, Aluminium Plate, Aluminium Price Trends, Industry News, Metal News, Metal Prices, Sustainability
Aluminium Suppliers News Metalex products – Focus aluminium – Predictions for 2020 We all operate in a global economy these days. No company, person or country is an island, Metalex included, and global issues are having an impact in all sorts of ways, some expected...
by Adam Rogers | 19, Dec, 2018 | Aluminium, Aluminium Alloy, Innovation, Metal News, Metal Uses
Aluminium – A remarkable metal becoming even more remarkable Aluminium. It’s an astonishing substance, and as aluminium suppliers we see an awful lot of it. Excitingly, new developments in the metals sector are seeing it scale new heights of usefulness and...
