More gold for Hydro's train stunt film

Hydro's profiling film for Norwegian TV – where a group of budding young engineers rebuild a railway track, sending a train into a gigantic loop – won the gold medal in what is considered to be the European championship in advertising, Epica.

Årdal women lead the way

The Årdal aluminium plant attracts the most women of all Hydro’s plants. With a female boss, and with 19 percent of employees at the plant and 36 percent of the management team women, Årdal tops Hydro’s list.

Hydro’s financial calendar 2008

Wicona projects win prizes in Ulm

Two of Hydro's Wicona-brand building systems projects in Ulm have been awarded prizes for architectural development in the German community's sustainable urban renewal competition.

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Key employer in Tønder

Hydro has created an additional 100 jobs in its precision tubing organization in Denmark this year. One reason is the significant increase in sales volume for microchannel aluminium tubes that customers use in air-conditioning systems.

Reiten: Positioned to grow – abroad and at home

Hydro is positioned for growth, and ready to invest in good projects with the necessary prerequisites – both internationally and in Norway, says President and CEO Eivind Reiten. He sees no contradiction between growth abroad and growth at home: "While some people present this as a matter of “either/or”, we want to do both."

Establishing research cooperation in Qatar

Hydro and Qatalum are open for cooperation with Qatari universities and colleges. This was established during an aluminium seminar at Qatar University on Tuesday.

Fusion of two cultures marked Qatalum’s construction start

Two cultures were fused together on Monday, as the laying of the foundation stone in Qatar marked the start of construction for the giant aluminium plant in the desert in Mesaieed.

Student competition winners arrive in Qatar

The four winners of Hydro’s student autumn competitions 2007 are now collecting their prizes – a stay in Qatar. There they will learn more about aluminium and participate in the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Qatalum primary production plant.

Helping German students build management skills

Hydro is helping welcome the second generation of "VDI-Elevate!" students, a German program to train students of engineering sciences in the softer skills of management.

Customers see future in Hydro building systems concepts

Nearly 7,000 people met with Hydro last week in Paris to better understand the latest developments in aluminium building systems. Sustainability was the theme at the Batimat 2007 exhibition.

Hydro best on the web

Hydro has once more come out on top among Norwegian companies in the list of websites ranked by the communication agency Hallvarsson & Halvarsson.

Australian bauxite exploration joint venture agreement signed

Hydro is entering into a joint venture with the Australian mining company United Minerals Corporation (UMC) with the intention of recovering bauxite and producing alumina in Kimberley, Western Australia. The agreement, which was signed in Oslo on Tuesday, gives Hydro a 75 percent share in the partnership.

Hydro's new board in place

Qatalum contract awarded to Hycast

Hycast AS of Sunndalsøra has signed a letter of intent worth NOK 217 million with FATA of Italy for the supply of casting equipment for the new aluminium plant to be built in Qatar. The agreement includes design and the supply of equipment for casting extrusion ingots and foundry alloys.

Hydro to showcase integrated solar solutions at Batimat 2007

Hydro will introduce at Batimat 2007 in Paris a new way of using photovoltaics in its aluminium building systems, which can achieve significant savings in energy consumption.

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