Benefits of Aluminium

Strong, flexible, impermeable, light weight, durable, low maintenance, corrosion resistant, 100% recyclable.

Strong
When mixed with small amount of other metals (particularly magnesium) to create alloys, aluminium is as strong as steel.

Flexible
Its combination of properties ensure aluminium and its alloys can be easily shaped by any of the main industrial metalworking processes - rolling, extrusion, forging and casting.

Impermeable
Aluminium has excellent barrier function which keeps out air, light and microorganisms.

Light-weight
Aluminium can weigh only one third of a piece of steel that is the same size and shape.

Corrosion Resistant
Aluminium forms a natural film on its surface upon exposure to oxygen. This film is called aluminium oxide, and it protects the surface of the aluminium. If this film is scratched or damaged, it will instantly reform. It is only under certain conditions and exposure to certain elements that aluminium will corrode.

Durable
Aluminium’s unique combination of strength and corrosion resistance makes it a particularly durable material.

100% Recyclable
Recycling aluminium does not compromise any of its unique properties, and uses only five percent of the energy used to create the original product. Aluminium can be reused endlessly – approximately two-thirds of all aluminium ever produced is still in use today – representing a growing 'energy and resource bank'.