From 1 to 3 April, Dunkirk hosted the Batteries Event, bringing together international, national and local players in the industry at the heart of the European Battery Valley. Exhibitions, tours and conferences punctuated this key event in the region.
March is International Women’s Rights Day. To mark the occasion, La Voix du Nord published portraits of women working in industry in its supplement ‘Demain Dunkerque’. At Aluminium Dunkerque, Léa Caty, Maintenance Pilot, took part in the game.
For several months, three engineering students from ICAM will be carrying out advanced thermal studies and exploring practical solutions to optimise the energy consumption of our equipment, with the help of our teams. The aim is to reduce gas consumption and CO2 emissions.
On Wednesday 12 March, Laurent Courtois, Director of Energy and Climate, spoke at the European Industrial Energy Days in Amsterdam, which brought together all stakeholders from energy-intensive industries.
On 12 March, a delegation from Aluminium Dunkerque accepted an invitation from RTE to visit the Warande substation in Bourbourg, which supplies our production site directly with 225kV.
The first few months of the year are always busy with recruitment / school relations events, and the Aluminium Dunkerque HR team mobilised extensively to represent the company.
Organised in partnership with the Principal of Lycée Guy Debeyre and our recruitment department, this meeting brings together the RBDE, RIPREE, RDM and DDF referents (all school/company referents) from the Dunkirk and Inner Flanders area.
On Thursday 23 January, Aluminium Dunkerque celebrated the New Year with its teams at lunchtime and its partners in the evening.
On Tuesday 14 January, Aluminium Dunkerque inaugurated its new storage building for internal and external foundry scrap. This building will enable the sector to remelt scrap quickly and feed Furnace 8 for the production of casting alloys. This is the first phase of the recycling project, with the second phase corresponding to the start-up of the new furnace in April 2025.
To increase our visibility and attractiveness to future talent and strengthen our employees’ sense of belonging and pride, we have just launched the Aluminium Dunkerque employer brand.
On Wednesday 18 December, we hosted a DFCG (Association Nationale des Directeurs Financiers et de Contrôle de Gestion) afterwork on the following theme: ‘(Re)industrialisation: roles and challenges for SMEs on the Dunkirk coast’.
During Family Day on 28 September, the children and teenagers in attendance were invited to take part in the creation of a fresco, under the guidance of artist Yori.
Thanks to our partnership with the Fondation du Dunkerquois Solidaire, we have donated computer equipment to 6 local associations: computer screens, CPUs and mobile phones.
At Aluminium Dunkerque’s initiative, 9 manufacturers and Ecosystème D have joined forces to create a series of live radio broadcasts from the 40th Dunkerque Motor Show. The aim was to illustrate the concept of decarbonisation, which is somewhat abstract for the average citizen, through everyday products.
The theme of this year’s Trophées de l’Industrie ceremony, organised by the Société Industrielle Nord de France at the Cité des Echanges on 14 November, was ‘Responsible and innovative industry: accelerating the transition to tomorrow’.
As part of the Dunkirk leg of the Climat Libé Tour, Guillaume de Goÿs, President of Aluminium Dunkerque, represented industry at a round table discussion on green industry, alongside Clément Beaune, former Minister of Transport, and Aurélie Brunstein, head of heavy industry at the Climate Action Network.
The ‘Autumn Meetings 2024’ organised by European Aluminium, the umbrella organisation for the entire aluminium value chain in Europe, brought together the key players in our industry in Brussels from 15 to 17 October. Discussions focused on the priorities of the new European Commission and access to competitive, low-carbon electricity.
On 26 November, Laurent Courtois, Energy and Climate Director at Aluminium Dunkerque, took part in a debate on the energy transition organised by the French chapter of IEEE PES, the leading provider of scientific and technical information on electricity and energy.
The 42nd ICSOBA international conference and exhibition, which brings together the key players in the world of aluminium, was held this year in France, from 27 to 31 October, at the Lyon Convention Centre.
Following on from the guide published by ADEME on adapting to climate change, to which Aluminium Dunkerque contributed, a video was filmed on our premises on 15 October to highlight our commitment in this area.
On Friday 08 November, Aluminium Dunkerque was present at the Fabuleuse Factory ‘On Tour’, a variation of the traditional Fabuleuse Factory held annually in September in Dunkerque. This was an opportunity to reach out to the public in the Pas-de-Calais and western Dunkirk areas.
Our Sustainability Report reflects our environmental, social and economic commitment.
As an official partner of LOSC this season, Aluminium Dunkerque is proud to see its logo on the sleeve of the players’ shirts for the 8 matches in the Champions League group stage.
Through this partnership, we intend to underline our historic roots in the Hauts-de-France region, convey a positive and dynamic image of our company and involve our employees in the Dogues’ fine campaign, which is the pride of our region.
Aluminium Dunkerque is currently developing an aluminium with a purity level of between 99.98% and 99.998% pure aluminium. Intended for the semiconductor, capacitor and battery markets, it will be launched on the market in 2027. Total capacity will be around 3,000 tonnes per year, once the 5 casting units are up and running. Production trials will take place in mid-2025. Like the rest of our range, this is a low-carbon aluminium, a key criterion for our customers.
On Saturday 28 September, Aluminium Dunkerque organised a Family Day, an event that gave the 171 registered employees the opportunity to introduce their families to the company and its production process. The day’s programme for the 600 guests included tours of the company, musical entertainment, inflatable structures, games for young and old and continuous catering.
Hervé Tange, maintenance operator, and Dominique Monteuuis, retired from Aluminium Dunkerque, spent part of their summer as volunteers for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Lille.
Every year, Aluminium Dunkerque takes part in the Fabuleuse Factory organised in Dunkerque by Ecosystème D to change the way people look at industry and encourage young people to take up careers in the sector.
In partnership with Aluminium Dunkerque, Dynamic Concept and Tpac are currently developing new ultrasonic inspection equipment for aluminium sheet to detect cracks that are invisible to the eye.
Aluminium Dunkerque, represented by its Managing Director Guillaume de Goÿs, took part in the Rencontre des Entrepreneurs de France, organised by the MEDEF, on the theme of ‘Climate: the power to adapt’. It was an opportunity to discuss concrete solutions for adapting to climate change, while discovering new tools that will help businesses to meet this challenge. One crucial point to emerge from the discussions was the distinction between adaptation and mitigation.
While the class of 2023 of our work-study students gathered for a last moment of conviviality and a graduation ceremony with their tutors, 34 new work-study students started their training in September.
Today, there are a total of 64 work-study students working at Aluminium Dunkerque, from all sectors and support services.
Aluminium Dunkerque has been asked to appear in a short film about climate change in the Dunkirk area. The aim of the film, produced by the CAPA Entreprises agency, is to give a voice to the residents and businesses of the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque (Dunkirk Urban Community) so that they can tell the story of their experiences in the face of the many challenges posed by water.
Aluminium Dunkerque has been asked to appear in a short film about climate change in the Dunkirk area. The aim of the film, produced by the CAPA Entreprises agency, is to give a voice to the residents and businesses of the Communauté Urbaine de Dunkerque (Dunkirk Urban Community) so that they can tell the story of their experiences in the face of the many challenges posed by water.
As part of the press trip they organised to Dunkirk on 12 September, the RTE teams wanted to offer a visit to an industrial site and chose Aluminium Dunkirk. We welcomed journalists from Les Echos, Le Figaro, Libération and AFP to our site. The aim was to illustrate the challenges of decarbonisation, which is considerably increasing the region’s electricity needs.
Organized by Reuters Event in Amsterdam on May 22 and 23, 2024, the “Industrial Decarbonisation Europe” meeting brought together European leaders from sectors whose carbon footprint is difficult to reduce, to foster collaboration around Net Zero action on an industrial scale.
At the initiative of MEDEF Côte d’Opale, companies in the Dunkirk area have co-constructed a recruitment charter. Called Opal Job, it aims to prepare and support the HR needs of the region, whose economic expansion is set to create thousands of new jobs by 2030.
On Wednesday May 15, Aluminium Dunkerque’s HR teams, accompanied by operational staff, were on hand to welcome the 70 candidates who had applied for work-study opportunities in production and maintenance.
Aluminium Dunkerque employee Yohann Ghysel’s Twingo doesn’t go unnoticed in the company parking lots…
At the end of February, the contract manager took part in the first edition of the Twing-Raid. This humanitarian and solidarity raid took place over 10 days, from Irun to Tangiers, covering a total of 7,300 km… In a Twingo, from Dunkirk.
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Conceived by the Greenpower Education Trust charity, the aim of the challenge is to mobilize pupils in a competition designed to promote their scientific, technological and engineering skills, by building a so-called “kit car” before taking part in an endurance race on a track.
European Aluminium, the association representing the aluminium industry in Europe, has published a manifesto highlighting the importance of the sector in contributing to the European Union’s commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040.
Aluminium Dunkerque has obtained new bank loans totalling the equivalent of $375 million, enabling it to fully refinance its previously contracted debts.
On Wednesday 27 March, Aluminium Dunkerque organised its first Job Dating event at the Epopée stadium in Calais. It was one of the company’s first explorations outside the Dunkirk area.
When they reach the end of their useful life, the PPE used at Aluminium Dunkerque is recycled, in particular by the ACL PROXI POL integration association, based in Saint-Pol-sur-Mer
On Tuesday 20 February, Guillaume de GOYS was present alongside Ursula von der Leyen and EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM
