en.Wedoany.com Reported - The output of Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Southwest Aluminum") reached a record high for three consecutive months from February to April 2026. From January to April, the company's output increased by 10.7% year-on-year. While output grew, Southwest Aluminum's total online metal inventory at the end of April decreased by 5.5% month-on-month.

Sun Zipeng, head of the Manufacturing Department at Southwest Aluminum, said: "In the past, whenever output surged, work-in-progress inventory would pile up like a mountain, and everyone got used to it. This year, we shifted our mindset. Instead of looking at proportions in a general way, we meticulously calculated the dwell time for each process step. Overdue metal is cleared or scrapped as needed. Lean production clears the bottlenecks, and fast-in, fast-out naturally follows." From January to April, the proportion of scrap material used by Southwest Aluminum increased by 5.8% year-on-year.

From January to April, Southwest Aluminum's output of Grade A products increased by 4.6% year-on-year. During the same period, the company's automotive sheet output grew by 72% year-on-year, battery material output grew by 21%, and metal packaging output grew by 12%. Southwest Aluminum plans to start a simulated operation of "Level-One Production Scheduling" from May.

In April, the standby downtime due to material shortage for the single-stand cold tandem mill at the Plate and Strip Company was 2 hours, and for the twin-stand mill, it was 1 hour. By the end of April, the online metal inventory at the Plate and Strip Company had decreased by over 30% compared to March. In April, Southwest Aluminum's automotive sheet output surged by 201% year-on-year. The 75t double-chamber furnace unit at the Melting and Casting Plant completed the converter operation for receiving aluminum ladles. The first piece of the carbon fiber car body project for Wuhan Metro Line 12, undertaken by the Forging Plant, passed inspection. The Extrusion Plant completed key equipment upgrades to ensure the delivery of LNG pipe orders.

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