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Alusuisse was a Swiss industrial group founded as Aluminium Industrie Aktien in 1898, Zurich, Switzerland. The organisation was named Schweizerische Aluminium AG from 1963, Alusuisse-Lonza Holding AG from 1990, and Algroup from 1998.
Tin was first replaced by aluminium in 1910, when the first aluminium foil rolling plant, Dr. Lauber, Neher & Cie. was opened in Emmishofen, Switzerland. The plant, owned by J. G. Neher & Sons , the aluminium manufacturers, was founded in 1886 in Schaffhausen , Switzerland, at the foot of the Rhine Falls , whose energy powered the process.
Aluminium (or aluminum) metal is very rare in native form, and the process to refine it from ores is complex, so for most of human history it was unknown. However, the compound alum has been known since the 5th century BCE and was used extensively by the ancients for dyeing .
So NASA’s scientists wrapped the cables in a whole lot of aluminum foil and found that in 1979 Voyager 1 had safely swung past Jupiter and would continue on its legendary journey. Show comments ...
A foil is a very thin sheet of metal, typically made by hammering or rolling. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Foils are most easily made with malleable metal, such as aluminium , copper , [ 3 ] tin , and gold . Foils usually bend under their own weight and can be torn easily. [ 2 ]
Alu Menziken Extrusion AG (primarily referred to as Alu Menziken Group) is a Swiss steel manufacturing concern headquartered in Menziken, Switzerland which is specialized in producing semi-finished products and components made from aluminium. [1] Founded 1897 by Alfred Gautschi, it was entirely owned and controlled by the Gautschi family until ...
For more facts about aluminum foil, here’s why it has a shiny and a dull side. Americans have been using aluminum foil for over 100 years, since it was first used to wrap Life Savers, candy bars ...
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