MANAMA: Alba, the Bahrain-based international aluminium smelter, announced it has commissioned a state-of-the-art Batch homogeniser from Hertwich Engineering (a company of the SMS group) in Casthouse 3 for specialised billet requirements.
This is the best-suited technology for the heat treatment of various 6xxx, 1xxx and 3xxx billet alloys for special applications such as automotive and precision tubing, said a statement .