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When, while the lovely valley teems with vapour around me, and the meridian sun strikes the upper surface of the impenetrable foliage of my trees.
With over 120 years of experience in the aluminium industry, Alcoa is the undisputed global leader in the production and management of primary and fabricated aluminium. FOCUS explores the past, present and future of this pioneering company.
The production and application of aluminium has changed significantly during the last 20 years. Designers and fabricators have learned difficult lessons about the ways in which the metal should – and shouldn’t – be used. FOCUS examines some of them.
Although aluminium is widely used today, it wasn’t as popular when it was first produced. For almost 100 years, aluminium was too expensive to be widely adopted. While it did find its way onto a few royal dinner tables in the 1800s, it wasn’t until the 1900s that it became popular as an industrial material. GG VAN ROOYEN tracks aluminium’s rocky road to success.
At some time or another, we have all experienced being delayed by a jack-knifed or over-turned truck blocking the road. STUART MOIR explores some of the factors behind commercial truck accidents and hazardous goods spills.
New technology is constantly hitting the market, and the transport industry is no different. FRITZ HELLBERG examines how this technology is benefiting local commercial transport.
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