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...
New DuAlumin-3D alloy could unlock stronger 3D-printed aluminium engine parts
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have advanced the use of DuAlumin-3D for high-temperature automotive components, opening new possibilities for stronger, lighter 3D-printed aluminium parts in engines and beyond. Aluminium has long been attractive for automotive components because it...
Grow with
AL Circle
Novelis is pinning high hopes on the automobile sector
Carmakers are focusing considerable resources on meeting new fuel efficiency regulations to be implemented by governments in the coming years. And they know more efficient engines and electric powertrains cannot carry the whole load, turning their eyes to new alternative materials to make lighter...
Fuel Efficiency Target to Impact auto sector steel demand in Europe and the US
Tough new vehicle fuel-efficiency targets in Europe and the US are likely to lead to lower sales volumes for steel companies, Fitch Ratings says. But higher prices for lighter, stronger steels should favour well-funded manufacturers that have the resources to invest in product development over...
NH Aluminum Extrusion Company launches new website
Vitex Corporation, a New Hampshire based aluminum extrusion manufacturer has recently launched a new website and announced extensive facility improvements and optimizations for 2013. Two years ago in the midst of a crippling economic recession for businesses across the country, Franklin, NH based,...
Contest for lighter-weight metals helps auto makers
Car makers turning to aluminum, at the expense of steel, to make lighter vehicles have steelmakers fighting back with major new investments to preserve market share in one of their most valuable markets. The metals-contest comes as auto makers look to build lighter cars, which tend to be more fuel...
Auto engineering gets a helping hand from pickling tape for local pre-treatment of aluminum
A new self-adhesive tape that simplifies the process of pickling aluminum surfaces, has been found to be safer than existing treatment methods involving pickling pastes, sprays or baths, as it eliminates the rinsing stage and obviates the need for complicated wastewater disposal. Aluminum is a...
Contest for Lighter-Weight Metals Helps Auto Makers
Car makers turning to aluminum, at the expense of steel, to make lighter vehicles have steelmakers fighting back with major new investments to preserve market share in one of their most valuable markets. The metals-contest comes as auto makers look to build lighter cars, which tend to be more fuel...
Faurecia opens aluminum components plant in Poland
Faurecia Group officially opened its new plant in Legnica (Poland) for the production of aluminum trim parts on July 2. The new 13,000 square meter plant will ultimately have almost 300 employees helping to produce aluminum trim parts for vehicle interiors (instrument panels, center consoles, door...
Research says aluminum helps reduce 40% vehicle body mass
The results of an intensive research study were released last month at the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress. The study was commissioned by the Aluminum in Transportation Group of the U.S. Aluminum Association and completed by EDAG Group. Results of the study explain why car and...
Alcoa attracts Jaguar Land Rover in Saudi Arabia
Jaguar Land Rover is currently conducting a feasibility study into the establishment of a production facility in the Saudi Arabian industrial port of Yanbu. As reported, the Saudi government is trying to lure the auto maker with the promise of a free factory. If the company were to go ahead with...
Middle East ventures into vehicle manufacturing
The Saudi Arabian government is looking to invest $1 billion in a factory in the hopes of attracting manufacturing from car makers such as Jaguar. The Middle East is on the verge of transforming its contribution to the automotive landscape from powering cars to actually building them. Jaguar Land...
Toyota to invest $50 million in Bodeline Aluminium
Japanese automaker Toyota’s American division, Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA), is planning to invest $50 million in Bodeline Aluminium casting plants in Missouri and Tennessee. Toyota will also invest $150m in its V6 engine facility in Alabama. The proposed...
S Korea's Hyundai Motor to boost vehicle output in Q3 to recover strike losses
South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor plans to boost vehicle production in the third quarter to recover production losses resulting from strike action over March-May, industry sources said Tuesday. Workers at Hyundai's Ulsan plant went on strike on weekends from March 9 in a dispute over...
Kobe Steel, Hydro form technical cooperation agreement for automotive aluminum body panels
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that it has entered into a technical cooperation agreement with Germany's Hydro Aluminium Rolled Products GmbH for aluminum sheet used in automotive body panels. The agreement covers the exchange of technical information regarding the use of aluminum in automobile bodies...
Land Rover launches SUV with all-aluminium monocoque body structure in Nigerian market
The incoming of the latest edition of the Range Rover L405 from Jaguar/Land Rover Motors into the Nigerian market has further increased auto competition in the SUV segment, as more variety of the automobiles are already on the roads. Specifically, the introduction of the fourth-generation of Range...
Novelis, ThyssenKrupp sign agreement to make aluminium car parts
Aluminium sheet producer Novelis and steel auto products producer ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks Wednesday signed a cooperation agreement for the development of tailored aluminum blanks for the car industry. "Individual aluminum sheets of different grades, thicknesses and coatings can be joined to...
Kobe Aluminum To Expand In Bowling Green, Ky., Create 100 Jobs
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear today joined company and local officials to break ground on an 87,000 square foot addition to Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), LLC advanced manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, representing $66 million of new capital investment and the addition of 100...
Alcan gets $750 million in pacts for aluminum auto components
Alcan Engineered & Automotive Solutions, part of Alcan Engineered Products – a business unit of Rio Tinto – is becoming a key player in the growing market for greener car components, having been awarded a total US$750 million worth of multi-year contracts over the past 12 months for its innovative,...
Alcoa to invest $275m in automotive aluminium sheet production
US-based aluminium products producer Alcoa said it would invest $275-million over the next three years to expand and convert capacity at its rolling mill in Alcoa, Tennessee, to support automotive producers’ plans to use more aluminium sheet to increase fuel efficiency, safety, durability and...
