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Save food – with aluminium

A little aluminium goes a long way. In fact, a single 25-kg ingot can help protect the contents of 19,000 one-liter cartons!

May 2, 2017

Video: Lighter vehicles with Hydro’s new automotive line

Stefan Knabben, Sales Director at the Hydro Rolled Products plant in Grevenbroich, Germany, is excited about delivering even more advanced aluminium t ...

May 2, 2017

First quarter 2017: Higher prices lift results, increased raw material costs

Hydro's underlying earnings before financial items and tax rose to NOK 2,284 million in the first quarter, from NOK 1,829 million in the fourth quarte ...

April 28, 2017

Video: Involvement in new automotive line ‘a great honor’

“It was a great honor to be a part of this project.” Stefan Gärtner, Technical Project Manager for Hydro’s new automotive line in Grevenbroich, German ...

April 26, 2017

Video: This is what Merkel and Solberg will see

Young engineer Lutz Kaufmann will have quite the day at work on May 4. He is in charge of giving Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Erna Solb ...

April 25, 2017

Merkel & Solberg to attend opening of Hydro’s new automotive line in Germany

Hydro will open the €130 million automotive line in Germany on May 4. The state-of-the-art production line will be unveiled by German Chancellor Angel ...

April 24, 2017

Fatal accident at Karmøy

A contractor employee of the company Veidekke who was working at Hydro’s technology pilot site at Karmøy, Norway, died in a work accident just after 1 ...

April 20, 2017

Video: The brains behind Hydro’s state-of the-art automotive line

On May 4, Hydro’s new EUR 130 million automotive line in Grevenbroich, Germany will be unveiled. Christoph Budde, plant manager at the plant in Greven ...

April 19, 2017

Sapa (fully owned by Hydro since October 2017) wins Alstom contract for aluminium-intensive high-speed train bodies

Sapa will deliver to Alstom structural aluminium frames, solebars and end-wall profiles for rail carriages in high-speed trains that will be used by A ...

April 18, 2017

Take a look inside our new automotive line in Germany

On May 4, Hydro will officially open the new 130 MEUR state-of-the-art automotive line in Grevenbroich. Curious about how it looks inside? Get a sneak ...

April 7, 2017