Increasing the range of electric vehicles is a key requirement for broad consumer acceptance. Aluminium China and its sister show Lightweight Asia will present leading auto manufacturers and their [...]
For the production of body parts made of steel and aluminium, a six-station servo press line with more than 10,000 tonnes of press force is used. Ten years ago, Schuler’s [...]
Constellium recently celebrated the start of production at its plant in Zilina, Slovakia. The plant opened at the end of 2018 and has now been expanded from 5,200 to 15,000 [...]
Lightweight Asia 2019 – a platform for companies to showcase their products for next-generation lightweight manufacturing – is visible on the horizon. Under the combined pressures of delivering environmental protection [...]
The new Ford Transit is the automaker’s first commercial vehicle in Europe with a bonnet made of weight-saving aluminium. Thanks to a number of lightweight construction measures, the new [...]
Novelis Inc. has developed the first aluminium sheet battery enclosure to address customers’ needs in the rapidly growing electric vehicle and battery markets. Available globally, this innovative design for [...]
Braidy Atlas is to collaborate with the BMW Group on sustainability and technical / qualification for the supply of series 5xxxx and 6xxxx aluminium sheet. Included is a closed-loop recycling [...]
Novelis is supplying automaker Toyota with aluminium automotive body sheet for the all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4. The RAV4 model is Toyota's number-one-selling vehicle and the best-selling non-pickup-truck in the country. With [...]
Rusal and Braidy Industries plan to establish a joint project in Ashland, Kentucky to produce flat rolled aluminium products for the US automotive industry. The design capacity of the rolling mill [...]
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) says it is developing the next phase of its aluminium closed loop strategy. The camaker aims to recover aluminium from existing JLR vehicles and reform it [...]
