Hydro first launched the Hydro CIRCAL brand products in 2019, with a post-consumer waste content of at least 75%. Since then, CIRCAL materials in the form of extruded ingots have been widely used in the production of various industrial profiles, especially in the construction field. Today, Hydro is extending its CIRCAL product line into the field of casting alloys, specifically providing solutions for key automotive components such as wheels, battery boxes, structural parts and engine components.
"Since its debut in 2019, Hydro CIRCAL has always been a benchmark in the recycled aluminum industry," said Hannah Simonson, Executive Vice President of Hydro's Aluminum Metals business. "By expanding Hydro CIRCAL to the cast alloy product portfolio, we have opened up new avenues for automotive customers. Enable it to decarbonize automotive parts by using high-quality recycled aluminum with a post-consumer waste content of at least 75%. We look forward to creating more customized solutions to help our clients implement their ambitious decarbonization roadmaps.
According to Hydro, several customers, especially automakers, have shown strong interest in the cast alloy form of CIRCAL. This stems from increasingly strict decarbonization targets - enhancing the recycling rate of materials is regarded as the core driving force for reducing embedded emissions in key components.
By incorporating casting alloys into the CIRCAL product range, Hydro further strengthens its support for automotive customers' emission reduction and circular economy goals. This new product is specifically designed for high-performance application scenarios and aligns with the most cutting-edge decarbonization and sustainable development initiatives in the industry.
Verified by the third-party certification body DNV, the post-consumer waste content in Hydro CIRCAL products is at least 75%. This high regeneration content is attributed to Hydro's advanced raw material procurement, sorting and traceability technologies. The higher the proportion of post-consumption waste, the lower the carbon footprint of the product.
Currently, CIRCAL extruded ingots have obtained the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) certification, with a carbon footprint of only 1.9 kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent per kilogram of aluminum. The EPD certification for casting alloy products will be officially released after sufficient production data has been accumulated.
