CFMoto’s 2027 Ibex 800 E combines aluminium components with radar safety technology
CFMoto's 2027 Ibex 800 E combines an aluminium swingarm and forged aluminium pistons with radar-based safety technology, while starting at USD 9,799 in the US. The Ibex also comes with an 8-inch touchscreen, adjustable KYB suspension and several touring features as standard. The Ibex 800 E comes...
Porsche's lightweight GT3 gets heavier, and that's the point
Porsche's 911 GT3 Bergsport swaps its lightest magnesium wheels for forged aluminium, proving that a few extra kilos can make sense when the road gets serious. There are few places where saving weight matters more than inside a Porsche 911 GT3. Yet for its new 911 GT3 Bergsport, Porsche has done...
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Constellium & Novelis jointly form non-profit organisation to advance aluminium auto body sheet application
On Wednesday, January 27, global aluminium rolled products manufacturer Constellium and American industrial aluminium company Novelis announced the launch of Alumobility, a non-profit organisation to provide innovative, implementation-ready solutions for advancing the adoption of aluminium...
Electric vehicle sales to give a tough fight to gas guzzlers in India; Former to outperform by 2030: Mahindra & Mahindra
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, one of the biggest automakers in India, projects electric-vehicle sales to outperform gas guzzlers as prices become more aligned and infrastructure and technology improve. The company expects this to happen with help from the Government. Mahindra Deputy Managing...
2021 Rogue: Nissan’s first global model built using ‘closed-loop’ recycled Aluminium
The all-new 2021 Rogue, the first global SUV model of Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer, is built using ‘closed-loop’ recycling systems for aluminium parts. The system helps reduction of CO2 emissions when compared with using parts made with primary alloys from raw materials. It also...
TRIMET develops new Aluminium alloy for crash applications, demands to meet every carmaker’s vehicle safety components
TRIMET Aluminium SE, the aluminium product manufacturer has developed a new aluminium alloy for crash-relevant components. The wrought alloy trimal®-53 is worth for structural components with high strength and excellent deformation capacity. The aluminium specialist thus now delivers a material for...
Egyptalum’s tender for car wheel rims production line receives 6 bids from European and Chinese firms
The Egypt Aluminium Company, Egyptalum has disclosed that six European and Chinese companies have submitted bids towards the tender for a car wheel rims production line. Egyptalum publicized on 21 st December’20 for the opening of the submissions window on an international tender for the production...
HEITEC PTS GmbH: HeiDetect Wheel Robotic X-ray can inspect several areas of cast Aluminium automotive wheels at one test
The HeiDetect Wheel Robot wheel inspection system, from the house of HEITEC PTS, attains an intensely high output due to its integrated industrial robot and is supreme for inline operation in the mass production of cast aluminium automotive wheels. The several areas of cast aluminium wheels can be...
BORBET joins Aluminium Stewardship Initiative as new industrial user member
BORBET Leichtmetallräder has joined the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) as a new Industrial User member. This brings the total number of ASI Members to 151. BORBET is one of the leading manufacturers of light alloy wheels worldwide for the automobile industry. The company acquired BORBET...
China’s secondary aluminium operating rates increase 5 percentage points M-o-M to 62.4% in Nov’20
According to the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s secondary aluminium producers operating rates gained 4.9 percentage points month-on-month in November 2020, following a decline in October. The operating rates came in at 62.4 per cent, down 0.1 percentage point year-on-year, showed the data. The...
COVID19 double whammies India’s light weight vehicle market; Sales to drop by 22-25% affecting aluminium consumption
The light vehicle market in India is estimated to see a drop in 2020, with sales falling 22-25 per cent, found two top global vehicle forecasting firms. This will be the highest decline among the top ten global markets, bringing India's position down below the top five. India is estimated to lose...
Aluminium car components can be tested in a short span with new Norwegian computer tools: A research by University of Agder
The new computer tool facilitates the production of car components, while the properties of the materials from which the car parts are made will be as the big car manufacturers want it to be. The system can calculate stiffness, strength and stability and the calculations that used to take months...
China’s domestic auto market shows steady growth with sales to reach 25 million units at the end of 2020: CAAM
The automobile market in China started recovering in April 2020, with production and sales achieved year-on-year growth. According to China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM) forecast, the domestic auto market is likely to achieve steady growth in the next five years, with sales...
Novelis wins three influential automotive industry awards for its aluminium alloy
Novelis Inc. has received three influential industry awards for its Novelis Advanz™ 6HS-s615 aluminium alloy. The three awards include “2020 China Automobile & Parts Industry Developing & Innovation Award” issued by Automobile and Parts, “2020 Lingxuan Innovation Award” enacted by Auto Business...
Strong demand for China’s industrial aluminium extrusion drives domestic operating rates to 63.10% in Nov’20
China’s aluminium extrusion producers operating rates increased marginally month-on-month to 63.10 per cent in November 2020, while operating rates at industrial extrusion producers grew 2.98 percentage points to 69.68 per cent but fell at construction extrusion producers slightly to 61.84 per...
India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki to hike vehicle prices from Jan’21; Aluminium and other raw materials gets costlier
Maruti Suzuki Ltd., India’s largest carmaker withholding more than 50% of market share in the passenger vehicle segment, announced that from January’21 it would increase prices of its vehicles. It is forecasted that the price rise could be more this time, as the cost of raw materials has increased...
Brexit: Maker of decorative Aluminium trims for auto industry “Northern Automotive Systems” to lay-off 130 employees
The British firm Northern Automotive Systems Limited has confirmed the news of reduction of 130 staffs at its plant in Gilwern by the end of the year. The impact of Brexit on the firm’s operations at its only facility in the UK is forcing the organization to shrink its 280 strong workforces down to...
Piaggio Vehicles introduces new variant of diesel cargo Ape’ Xtra, tooled with Aluminium clutch
Piaggio India Pvt Ltd., the small commercial vehicle manufacturer in the Indian market, introduced a new variant of its cargo three-wheeler Ape' Xtra range with a larger deck, to provision towards the rise in demand for the last-mile supply of goods amid the COVID-19 outbreak at an initial price of...
Aluminium plate, sheet and strip consumption in China’s auto sector looks promising in 2021: Man Xu says
Aluminium plate, sheet and strip consumption in China’s automotive sector looks optimistic in 2021. But in the construction sector, it may see a limited growth, said Man Xu, Senior Analyst in SMM, at the 2020 Nonferrous Metals Industry Chain Annual Conference in Suzhou on Friday, December 4....
Talbros Automotive signs up TAA with Sanwa Packing for Light-Weight Aluminium Heat Shields
The Indian auto components manufacturer, also specialised in Heat Shields, Talbros Automotive Components has signed a Technical Assistance Agreement (TAA) with its Japanese partner 'Sanwa Packing Industry Co. Ltd.' for Light Weight Aluminium Heat Shields. The product will be used for automotive...
