Vedanta's ₹210b metals push targets India's EV and critical minerals demand
Vedanta is expanding aluminium, copper and other metals capacity as electric mobility and India's demand for critical minerals reshape the domestic materials market. Vedanta Group is putting INR 210 billion (USD 2.21 billion) into metals production and capacity through FY2026, building a broader...
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...
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Aleris may expand capacity in Europe for aluminum sheet for autos
Aleris Corp may expand its capacity for production of aluminum sheet for automobiles in Europe when the economy there recovers, its top executive said, as demand for lightweight materials continues to grow. The company has the "capability" to add a second continuous annealing line at its rolling...
Cadillac CT6 to use 64 percent of aluminium in its construction
Cadillac CT6, the aluminium intensive luxury sedan, launches an ad campaign with the tagline “Dare Greatly” and the car is attempting to embody that motto. The car will feature a range of turbocharged engines, with coveted turbo V8 supposedly in the list, a possible plug-in Hybrid and streaming...
Ford’s aluminum F-150 pickup truck is selling fast
The latest generation of Ford’s single most important vehicle model is being snapped up almost as fast as it arrives at dealerships. Ford F 1.85% executives will swear they were highly confident all along that shoppers — especially loyal owners of Ford F Series pickups — would rush to buy the...
Aluminum-alloy body Ford F-150s rolling off the Claycomo assembly line
The first new aluminum F-150 rolled off the assembly line at the Ford plant on Friday. The company now has more than 7,000 workers in the metro area. A more than $1-billion investment in the facility is paying off as the latest manufacturing technology is producing new pickup trucks. An...
Asia Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium 2015 to be held from 6th-8th July in Shanghai
AluMag is organizing the only one of its kind symposium focusing on automotive lightweighting, supply chain and procurement management which will be held in Shanghai and Detroit in 2015 and Dusseldorf in 2016. The Asia Automotive Lightweight Procurement Symposium 2015 will take place from the 6th –...
ALG predicts an 11.5% rise in Ford 2015 F-150’s resale values
TrueCar Inc.’s ALG Division has provided statistics that suggests that 2015 F-150 from Ford has gone up 11.5% in resale value as fuel-efficiency seems to beat concerns regarding high repair costs. ALG, who has been setting resale values for cars for more than 50 years, has not been deterred by...
Rolls-Royce says SUV will use aluminum spaceframe unrelated to BMW
Rolls-Royce CEO Mueller-Oetvoes has released preliminary details about the company’s first ever SUV. In an interview with automotive media, Mueller-Oetvoes says the SUV is going to benefit from a newly developed aluminum spaceframe which won't be shared with BMW. He added the technology will then...
New technology boosts productivity of aluminum-sheet annealing
Sheet aluminum for auto and truck bodies remains the top growth area as the industry shifts to lighter-weight vehicles. Now a new technology from Linde for continuously annealing cold-rolled strip aluminum may soon speed production. Details about the new technology will be presented at TMS 2015,...
Rolls crossover to make broad use of aluminum
Rolls-Royce's new crossover will use a new aluminum spaceframe that won't be shared with BMW, says CEO Torsten Mueller-Oetvoes. The spaceframe technology will be adopted for all future Rolls-Royce cars, Mueller-Oetvoes said. The crossover, announced last month, also will use aluminum extensively...
Novelis CEO sees electric cars energizing aluminum makers
Aluminum makers, already benefiting from increased use of aluminum by auto makers, stand to gain further from growth in the electric car industry, Phil Martens, the chief executive of Novelis Inc., and a former Ford Motor Co. executive, said in an interview. Novelis, a unit of Hindalco Industries...
Novelis and Henkel partner on advanced bonding technology for high-volume aluminum vehicles
Novelis, the world leader in automotive aluminum sheet, and Henkel Adhesive Technologies today announced the signing of a long-term agreement to collaborate on the development of advanced bonding technologies for the use of aluminum in high-volume vehicles. “Through a partnership built on a shared...
Qatar Aluminium predicts 6% rise in aluminium demand as autos dominate
Qatar Aluminium Chairman, Abdulrahman Ahmed Al-Shaibi said in a Doha conference on Tuesday Automobile customers accounts for around 60% of the company’s products. The rising demand for automotive aluminium is pulling the overall demand for aluminium which is rising nearly 6% a year. The company...
Sapa teams with Ford F-150 to create new aluminium solution
Sapa, the world leader in aluminum extrusions, has announced its partnership with Ford to supply the all-new F-150 with structural aluminum tubing, and provide ongoing development support for future aluminum extrusion applications. The 2015 Ford F-150, which Ford calls its “toughest, smartest, most...
Ontario-based manufacturer of aluminum metal parts opens new plant
Construction just wrapped up on a 275,560-square foot automotive manufacturing facility in the Riverside Horizons Industrial Park. Martinrea International, the owner of the recently constructed $19 million facility, is an Ontario-based manufacturer of quality steel and aluminum metal parts for the...
Ford organizing training programs to aid manufacturing of the all-aluminium F-150
Ford is organizing an intensive training program for 8,000 of its workers, to facilitate the production of the new aluminium F-150 at the Kansas City Assembly Plant. The training will help workers make the transition from working on steel to an aluminium alloy body. The program will consist of more...
Rusal predicts an improved demand for aluminium spurred by automakers
The aluminium market may be headed for a profitable 2015, with an estimated rise of 6.5% in global demand, based on the observations and forecasts expressed in Rusal’s Quarterly Report for the year ending in December 2014. The company reported a rise in demand in the global market to 55.2 million...
American Specialty Alloys picks Central Louisiana for their aluminium sheet plant
After much contemplation about the precise location of the elusive aluminium mill planned by American Specialty Alloys, an official announcement reveals that the proposed $1.2 billion plant will be built in Central Louisiana where 650 or more people will be hired to supply aluminium for automobile...
Lotus Evora 400 cuts down weight by 22kg with aluminium
The new Lotus Evora 400 is the latest pure and focused supercar from Lotus, combining high performance with the legendary Lotus benchmark handling. It is faster and dynamically more capable than the previous Lotus Evora leading to greater agility and a more involving drive. Following the core...
