CBAM Goes Live Jan 1, 2026
How Does CBAM Work & What is its Financial Impact? The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), a part of the “European Green Deal”, in which the EU will impose a carbon price on imports to match what domestic producers under the EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) pay, aims to prevent “carbon leakage” where […]
The Evidence is Clear: Sharing the Data
It’s Official: It’s the Perfect Part to Demonstrate the Benefits of Rheocasting
On March 5-6, The Eccomelt team, represented by Tim Moses and Martin Hartlieb, attended the first Global Giga-Casting Congress at the University of Kassel, Germany. The congress was extremely well attended by over 400 participants from 215 companies. Most automotive OEMs, Tier1s and die casters active or interested in the field of large structural (Giga) […]
A Clean World is a Bipartisan Issue
Whether one is left leaning or right leaning politically, it must be admitted that aluminum primary production is a highly energy- and therefore carbon-intensive process. No matter what the “low-carbon” aluminum producer claims, the amount of CO2e per tonne of aluminum remains usually 5 to 10 times greater than using recycled aluminum, and at least […]
ASI certifies Eccomelt Canada against Performance Standard V3
Our ongoing journey leading to ASI certification has reached a new milestone: Certification against Performance Standard V3! Our product, eccomelt356.2, in and of itself was created to enable the circular economy, to upcycle wheels in the automotive industry, We have advanced our process to allow our customers to obtain even higher recycling content, lower melt loss, […]
Mexican Duties will Likely Return
On April 22, the Mexican government announced the implementation of a large series of duties on over 500 product categories, including 20 – 35% on aluminum, aluminum alloys and aluminum products. This move was highly welcomed by the US, especially the Aluminum Association and others that had been accusing Mexico of unfairly circumventing US […]
Eccomelt Lauded at Technology Forum: Revolutionizing Aluminum Casting in the Automotive Industry
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that Eccomelt has been featured in a recent article by Andrew Halonen in the December issue of Light Metal Age magazine. The article spotlights the groundbreaking work at Rivian Automotive, and discusses the innovative use of Eccomelt’s 100% recycled aluminum in a 1.4m large aluminum casting. At […]
Have you Secured Enough Supply of the Lowest Carbon, Post-Consumer Aluminum before CBAM is Implemented?
The demand for low carbon, high-grade, post-consumer aluminum with primary aluminum quality is rapidly accelerating and will soon exceed supply. Driven by legislation such as the European CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) and other carbon tax policies, OEMs and aluminum foundries are responding to this reality. They are now securing their share of high quality, […]
RONAL GROUP/BMW WHEELS MADE WITH ECCOMELT
It’s great to be a trusted supplier of Ronal Group, a company who is clearly committed to an authentically green future for the aluminum industry. Using eccomelt356.2, RONAL GROUP’s is manufacturing it’s Mini wheel for the BMW all electric Mini Cooper SE Convertible, in Landau, Germany. The Ronal Group has put theory into action and […]
Rivian/Dynatool’s Innovative use of Rheocasting and eccomelt356.2 for the Electric Van Door
Eccomelt is proud to contribute to the success of our customer, Dynatool Inc. of Montreal, QC, Canada, in making an exceptional structural casting with the lowest carbon footprint for the Rivian electric delivery van door, as seen on the Amazon van pictured above. The casting is made with the Comptech-Rheocasting process on a conventional high […]