On November 2, Aleris, the world's leading supplier of high-quality aluminum alloy sheet materials for the aerospace industry, announced its development plan in the Asia-Pacific region at the 11th Zhuhai Air Show. Looking forward to the unprecedented development of air travel in the Asia-Pacific region in the next 20 years, Aleris announced its partnerships with Airbus, COMAC, etc. These companies have recently signed supply agreements with Aleris Al Aluminum plate and high quality aluminum parts.
As a major supplier of advanced materials to the global aerospace industry, Aleris Alcoa has two world-class plants located around the world to meet rapidly growing business needs.
According to Flight Ascend Consultancy, a division of FlightGloba, commercial aircraft worldwide will grow 81% to 49,940 by 2035. By then, 41% of the aircraft will fly in Asia Pacific and China. In the next 20 years, passenger traffic in these regions will also increase at a rate higher than the average, which will promote the development of the industry and promote the demand for new aircraft.
"The Aleris Zhenjiang Plant is the only manufacturing plant established by a foreign aluminum sheet company in China to meet the aerospace needs of the Asia-Pacific region." In addition, Aleris is located in Germany The Blends factory has served the aerospace industry for decades and enjoys a good reputation. In the past 5 years, Aleris applied the knowledge and experience of the Koblenz plant to the production of the Zhenjiang plant and established an aerospace aluminum alloy plate supply base in the Asia-Pacific region.
Aleris' aerospace strategy not only focuses on potentially huge demand, but also strives to optimize the efficiency of China's supply chain. "We will continue to optimize the supply chain and reduce costs for our customers. For example, we work with our customers to adopt closed-loop solutions that utilize waste materials from the aircraft manufacturing process and reprocess them for reuse by customers use". This not only greatly saves energy in the production process, but also maintains the requirements of aerospace original equipment manufacturers for material specifications.
In addition, Aleris has strong capabilities to meet the high expectations of aerospace customers. It not only produces aluminum alloy plate and sheet products for aircraft fuselage and wing parts manufacturing, but also produces highly specialized products For products such as airfoils that require additional processing and pre-processing. Aleris works closely with customers to help them develop new solutions to meet their needs for lightweight alloys and other products. Aleris' innovative solutions have greatly improved efficiency and reduced airlines ’huge fuel costs.