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April 2019 | Aluminium Weekly Market Tracker


Margin erosion a feature of the market: European Market Analysis - Extrusions


Germany is now in its 10th consecutive year of economic growth, although in late 2018 it came close to recession and recorded its slowest economic growth in five years.

Orders for Q2 are improving, but little excitement

In last month’s report we discussed the issues surrounding extrusion demand in the German automotive sector, and this remains a very real concern. This sector had been a lifeline for many European extruders over recent years, when construction demand failed to return to the heights witnessed ahead of the 2008-09 global crisis. Although the backlog in auto output relating to the Q3...

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