Jilin Liyuan Aluminium Company in Liaoyuan, Jilin Province, China, has commissioned a 100-MN front-loading extrusion press supplied by SMS Meer, Germany. With this press, the Chinese company is expanding its product portfolio in the market for very large aluminum profiles.

With a maximum billet charge weight of 1,500 kilograms, Jilin Liyuan can produce, for example, profiles for railway construction and shipbuilding with the 100-MN press – and that with profile widths of up to 700 millimeters.

Jilin Liyuan has also ordered a 160-MN front-loading press, a 60-MN direct and a 36-MN direct / indirect tube press from SMS Meer.