VOL. XLIII

No. 32

7-August-2000

BAHRAIN

Italys Monti Engineering Wins $5.3Mn Balexco Expansion Project

Bahrain Aluminum Extrusion Company (Balexco) has signed a $5.3mn contract with Italys Monti Engineering to construct a fourth production line with a capacity of 6,000 tons/year of extruded aluminum. The project, which will replace the 4,500 t/y anodizing line built when the plant started up in 1977, will begin in September and is scheduled for completion by end-2001. The original press capacity...