FAQs

Frequently asked questions

We can offer machined aluminium billets from a diameter of 140mm.

We can currently offer machined aluminium billets up to a diameter of 660mm. From 2023 we will also offer machined diameters up to 950mm and from July 2023 diameters up to 1,100mm.

We can offer casting bars up to a length of 6,800mm. For turned material, we produce all lengths between 500 and 1,500mm. From 2023 we can also offer turned material with a length of up to 2,000mm. From July 2023, it will be possible to offer lengths of up to 3,000mm for diameters over 500mm.

We currently offer the alloy EN-AW 6082 with a T6 heat treatment. Other alloys such as 7075 are also available on request.

No. We cannot carry out T6 heat treatment for the alloy EN-AW 5083.

We use up to 99% scrap depending on the alloy.

We produce almost all wrought aluminium alloys on request. In addition to standard alloys such as EN-AW 2618A, EN-AW 5083, EN-AW 6082 or EN-AW 7075, this also includes special alloys from the alloy groups 2xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx or 7xxx.

The minimum quantity depends on the requested alloy and varies from 1 billet to a complete furnace.

Through constant work on our processes and our supply chain, we are able to offer delivery times of 4 weeks. However, shorter delivery times are possible in exceptional cases.

Emirates Global Aluminium, the world’s largest ‘premium aluminium’ producer, acquired 100% of Leichtmetall Aluminium Giesserei Hannover from Leichtmetall Holding GmbH, a subsidiary of an investment fund managed by Quantum Capital Partners GmbH in May 2024.

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