Aluminium Rheinfelden to wind down, affecting 185 jobs

Aluminium Rheinfelden Alloys and Aluminium Rheinfelden Semis, owned by Russian group UC Rusal, filed for insolvency under self-administration on 16 July 2026 (widely reported from 21 July); operations are to be wound down, affecting around 185 of the group's roughly 235 employees. Semis made aluminium slugs for spray cans, tubes and pharmaceutical packaging, Alloys customer-specific alloys for mechanical engineering and the automotive industry; high energy costs and international competition are cited as reasons. The third division, Rheinfelden Carbon Products (about 50 employees), is unaffected and is to become the group's future core; talks with the works council on socially acceptable solutions are to follow. Second source: Neue Fricktaler Zeitung.