China Zhongwang making great strides in turning all-aluminium vehicle dream into a reality

<p>China Zhongwang, the world&rsquo;s second largest and Asia&rsquo;s largest aluminium extrusions producer is fiercely pushing for the trend of replacing steel with lightweight aluminium in cars. The company, which began making foray into the all-aluminium car part domain last year, has lined up some serious strategic plans in R&amp;D and operations to achieve the target within the next five years.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/All-alucar.jpg" alt="News" width="517" height="297" /></p> <p>China Zhongwang has supplied advanced aluminium-alloy made car parts and all-aluminium car body sheets to a number of renowned automotive manufacturers such as Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and BYD.</p> <p>In last year November, Liaoning Zhongwang Group Company Limited produced &ldquo;Zhongwang Transportation Equipment Aluminium Extrusion&rdquo; was certified as the Protected Eco-origin Product by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the PRC.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>The Group ordered two ultra-large 225MN extrusion presses earlier in 2016, of which the first one is undergoing testing and will commence production in Q2 FY 2017-18. The second one is currently being installed. Additional extrusion presses that were purchased last year will also be put into operation in the next couple of years.</p> <p>China Zhongwang is capable of producing all-aluminium car body for 25,000 commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles, and one million pieces of car parts annually. &nbsp; &nbsp;</p>