Constellium, a global producer of aluminium semi-products with headquarters in Amsterdam, announced today, on September 13, that it expanded its operations in Dahenfeld, Germany to increase the supply of aluminium automotive structures.
In the new setup, Constellium will manufacture a wide range of aluminium structural components for the body structure of a premium sports car. It will increase the production capacity and manufacturing capabilities as well for its key customers in the expanded area of 14,000 square metres. By 2019, the company will expectedly create 30 new jobs at the plant, which will create a total employment of 175 workers in Dahenfeld.
Enhanced capabilities at the plant also include new fully automated robotic assembly cells with integrated measurement for quality assurance, ensuring to be able to deliver aluminium structural assemblies consisting of up to 20 individual components including extrusions, castings and sheet materials.
Constellium’s internal network of hard and soft alloy plants supply the extrusions to the Dahenfeld plant. "As a full-service supplier of prototyping, testing and production of aluminium structural components, we expect the expansion of our Dahenfeld plant to help Constellium meet the automotive industry's growing demand for partners who can provide a range of value-added services," said Lionel Chapis, Managing Director of Constellium's global Automotive Structures business.
Besides, the Dahenfeld plant has installed additional CNC machining, robotic weld cells and other technologies to increase the value-added services to automakers, such as surface treatment and heat treatment, and quality lab for process approval and quality tests at all production stages up to the end product.
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