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February 2020 | Aluminium Weekly Market Tracker


Hydro reports flat growth in FRP shipments during 2019: European Market Analysis - Flat Rolled Products


In part these growth rates (both positive and negative) also reflect Hydro’s shift into higher margin product lines, with the company focusing greater efforts into canstock and autosheet supplies.

Hydro reports flat growth in FRP shipments during 2019

Confirming what was a tough year for many European rollers, Hydro Aluminium has just reported flat sales volumes in 2019 versus 2018, with total external sales volumes of 951kt. As expected, shipments into the automotive sector were up by 8% (including growth of 12% specifically in Body in white material), and into the cansheet sector up by 7%. However, sales into general engineering were off by 1%, and into lithographic sheet off by 4%. But the real negative impact on Hydro’s...

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