Consumption of construction profiles by 2020 may reach 320 ths tons

According to revised Strategy of Development of the Russian Steel Industry up to 2020 by the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation the demand for extruded profiles and flats for construction tends to grow (an annual growth in demand for aluminium profiles reaches 10-15%). By 2020 the demand for aluminium construction profiles may grow 2.5 times up to 320 ths tons (130 ths tons in 2007). Construction sector share in the total aluminium consumption will increase up to 25-27%.
One of the main tasks of the development of Russian aluminium construction market is import substitution. Increase in competitiveness of the Russian aluminium products will be achieved mainly due to improvement of quality and use of highly productive equipment and modern technologies.
The main trends described in The Strategy of Development of the Russian Steel Industry up to 2020 will be discussed at Aluminium: Alloys, Rolled Products, and Profiles for Industry and Construction, 2d International Conference which will be held by Metal Supply and Sales magazine on 26 May, 2010.