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Aluminium in cars
Audi A6 is a great example of aluminium innovation in transportation. The Audi A6 has a body made of aluminium and high-strength steel, which means reduced weight while safety is ensured.
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Aluminium in cars
Doors, hood and trunk lid are made of aluminium in the Audi A6. Low weight means low fuel consumption and CO2 emissions, and also provides a smoother ride.
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Aluminium at sea
Boats and ships are also a means of transportation that can benefit from aluminium’s excellent properties. By using aluminium in the hull, the vessel is lighter, improving speed and fuel consumption. Less maintenance and better overall performance compared to plastics and wood are other benefits achieved.
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Aluminium at sea
The elegant Allures 45 is an example of a sail boat with aluminium hull. In addition to the other benefits provided by the aluminium, such as speed and fuel consumption, the Allures 45 can actually be pulled up on the beach without the hull being damaged.
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Antigrafitti coating
Clearky is an effective means against unwanted graffiti. This is an antigrafitti aluminium surface coating, that has an lacquer system that prevents graffiti to “stick” and makes it much more easy to remove.
Aluminium sheets with this coating can be applied to wall coverage, tunnel and wall paneling, shop fronts and other graffiti-exposed fasades.
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Nespresso
Nespresso captures the coffee in colorful aluminium capsules. The capsules keep the coffee fresh and tasteful, and protects it from oxygen and sunlight.
Nespresso plans to extend their system for collection for used capsules, to make sure more capsules are being recycled.
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Aluminium in fashion
Handbags made of aluminium can pull tabs? Escama studio makes handbags and fashion accessories from aluminum pull tabs, hand-crafted by a women's cooperative in Brazil. An eco-friendly and fairtrade fashion accessory.
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Aluminium as protector
The Secrid Card Protector is a flat aluminium credit card holder. It uses aluminiums protective properties to shield credit cards.
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Aluminium as protector
The Secrid Cardprotector provides protection from hackers with wireless card readers, and helps prevent credit card fraud. The aluminium also protects the credit cards from being bent or broken.
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HyLife Solar
HyLife™ Solar is a super corrosion-resistant alloy, especially designed and tailor-made for the solar thermal market. There are many reasons to why aluminium is a suitable fit for the solar industry: it is cost effective, corrosion resistant, reflects sunlight, is good conductor of heat and is highly recyclable. HyLife Solar uses aluminium’s attributes to achieve better solar thermal effect.
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Aluminium as furniture
The M.A.C (Modular Aluminium Concept is a modular coach and chair made of extruded chrome coated aluminium. Designer Mathias Bengtsson achieves an impressive and aesthetic expression with his concept.
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Aluminium in trains
Using aluminium in train bodies produces a lightweight design with many advantages. They are more energy efficient because they require less power to run, which in turn leads to savings in both money and environment. Not surprisingly, the use of aluminium in trains, trams, subway cars and other means of transport is increasing.
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Aluminium in bikes
In bikes, aluminium’s properties like light weight and ductility improve the biking experience. A light bike is easier to lift and pedal. No wonder aluminium is giving steel some serious competition as a bicycle frame material.
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Foil for beverage cartons
Aluminium foil is most suitable for preserving and protecting food and beverages. Super thin, strong, impermeable foil is used for packaging. With one aluminium slab, Hydro produces 740 km of foil that can protect 12 million liters of juice. The foil is as thin as 6 micrometers – thinner than a strand of hair.
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Aluminium in print
Did you know that aluminium is involved in the creation of books, newspapers, maps and magazines? Hydro is a world-leading supplier of lithographic plates to the printing industry. The aluminium is shipped from Norway to a cold rolling mill in Europe, where 70,000 metric tons of lithographic plates are produced every day.
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Aluminium in interior
The Blenda lamp is made of old washing machine drums, which has to be defined as innovative use of aluminium. In addition to being an environmentally friendly project, the Blenda lamp is decorative in itself and casts great shapes on your walls when light is on.
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Aluminium in art
"Convergence" is a striking aluminium sculpture by Canadian artist Jean-Pierre Morin. The sculpture uses aluminium’s properties like flexibility and ductility to create geometry and angles in the sculpture.
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The Espresso Maker
The Moka Express, also known as the Bialetti Espresso Maker, was created in 1933 and has been a design icon since. The use of aluminium to construct the body of the pot was innovative in its time, and the Moka continues to inspire modern designers.
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Aluminium in architecture
The Monte Rosa Hut is a mountain hut owned by the Swiss Alpine Club. This crystal - shaped building has an exterior covered with a silver aluminium shell. The building is designed to be self-sufficient and obtains 90 per cent of its power needs from the sun.
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The Monte Rosa Hut
“The Mountain Crystal” is truly an innovative project, because of its futuristic architecture and ecofriendly energy system provided by the aluminium shell and the integrated photovoltaic system.
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Aluminium in architecture
The Oslo Opera House is known worldwide for its architectural expression. The ways the surfaces of marble, glass and aluminium reflect sunlight and water is truly amazing. The aluminium plates covering the stage tower and the back of the building feature a relief pattern created by the artistic duo Løvaas and Wagle.
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Aluminium in laptops
A "unibody" laptop is a laptop computer that uses a single piece of aluminium metal or alloy for the body. Apple's MacBook Pro line is known to use the unibody technique, which is considered a breakthrough in replacing many parts with just one. Aluminium makes unibody laptops more durable, smaller, lighter and stronger.
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Powerhouse
Powerhouse is a project to develop energy-positive buildings in cold climates using smart building systems. An energy-positive building makes more energy than it consumes, and is more challenging to create the further north we get.
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Powerhouse
In the powerhouse project, we are well on our way to create the world´s most northern energy positive building in Trondheim, Norway. Entra Eiendom, Skanska and environmental organization ZERO and architect firm Snøhetta are working with Hydro on this project.
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Aluminium as furniture
This stunning aluminium chair has been made by the Belgian architect Tobias Labarque. The chair is made from one single plate of perforated aluminium, with no joints or any welding involved. This project really shows off aluminium's flexibility and strength.
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Material of the future
Aluminium is light, strong, conductive, durable, flexible and easy to recycle. Amongst a lot of other super qualities, that is.
No wonder aluminium inspires architects, engineers, artists and many more to see new and exciting possibilities. An increasing number of industries are becoming aware of how aluminium can solve challenges and benefit different applications, and new areas of uses are still being discovered. In other words, aluminium is truly the material of today – and tomorrow.
