
The aluminium treatment specializing company Newalu headquartered in Delbrück, Germany has gained a vital order worth multi million euros.

Newalu GmbH, the supplier of heat-treated and ready-to-install aluminium components for the production of the Air e-sedan from Lucid Motors, a US automobile company from Silicon Valley. Lucid Motors develops luxury-class electric cars and body components for this vehicle are sent to Delbrück via a large German foundry for refinement.

Martin Volpers, Managing Director, Newalu, said: “We are delighted with the prestigious major order for the most powerful and efficient luxury-class electric sedan in the world. The growing trend towards e-mobility offers lightweight construction with aluminium and our services great future opportunities.”
According to company: “New production lines are being built at Delbrück location, while additional employees are being sought. Future new production orders are to be increasingly implemented at the Altheim (Bavaria) location.”

“Newalu heat treatment brings the required material properties into the aluminium, such as strength and ductility. Ductility is the property of a material to permanently plastically deform under load before breaking. This makes it suitable for use in vehicle construction. For electric vehicles, every kilogram saved means more range for body parts or battery pans, since aluminium is lighter than steel.”
The Lucid Air e-sedan production is scheduled to start before the end of the year in Lucid's new factory in Casa Grande in the US state of Arizona. The e-sedan will not be a car for the smaller budget, with a high-rev concept, the Lucid Air offers an output of 1095 hp 805 kW and the range should be more than 810 kilometres.
The technology and the process from Newalu (formerly Belte AG) have been the foundation for innovative lightweight construction with aluminium for 20 years, for example in the automotive, mechanical engineering, aviation and increasingly e-mobility sectors. Aluminium is light and easy to shape and recycle. The heat treatment and quenching technologies patented by the company increase the strength of an aluminium component and minimize internal stress.
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