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...
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Aluminum engines for Tata cars
Tata Motors is planning to take the aluminum route to woo the price-conscious Indian consumer. At a time when the sales of its products are falling faster than the industry average, the company is working on lightweight all-aluminum engines for its passenger car offerings, which are lighter than...
Breaking New Paths in Indo-German Knowledge Partnership in Automobile industry
International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI) Hyderabad of India and the Fraunhofer Society of Germany has signed a path breaking cooperative R&D agreement in the field of automotive technologies. This partnership is a result of the dialogue between the Indian...
Honda Transmission announces $50M expansion
Building on a series of recent investments at Honda manufacturing facilities across the state of Ohio, Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc. Wednesday announced a $50 million expansion to increase capacity for the casting of aluminum transmission cases. This latest project brings Honda’s total...
Automotive Demand For Lightweight Aluminum will improve Alcoa market
The automotive sector is moving toward lighter materials for production in order to reduce vehicle weights and improve fuel efficiency and Alcoa is bullish on aluminum demand going forward. Alcoa is the world leader in the production and management of primary aluminum, fabricated aluminum and...
Aluminum in Cars At All-Time High – Alcoa, Novelis Taking It To The Bank, Part One
The future for aluminum demand is looking pretty nice and shiny.Alcoa is certainly betting on higher long-term auto demand, contrary to what some of the auto sector bears are predicting, by expanding an aluminum plant in Iowa. The expansion wouldn’t be complete until 2013, which goes to show...
Limited Rise in August Aluminum Casting Consumption
China Association of Automobile Manufactures released data of automobile production and sales in August. According to the report, the output of automobile in August reaches 1.393million which increases by 6.66% compared with that of July and 8.72% compared with last year. Meanwhile, the sales...
Rusal expects substantial jump in China sales
China's constraints on electricity supplies will help greatly boost United Company Rusal PLC's sales to the country, said a senior company official. "We expect aluminum exports to China will start to increase substantially next year," said Oleg Mukhamedshin, deputy CEO. The gap between demand and...
BMW’s €400m strategy for electric cars
When BMW AG decided to venture into electric powered concept cars, its overall strategy was that it would be done from the ground up — encompassing recyclable materials for use in manufacturing the cars up to tapping on renewable energy to power the plant. To showcase the successful concepts, in...
Novelis: Aluminium demand may double over next 4 years
Global demand for aluminum will grow by 25% per year over the next four years, according to the forecast by Novelis Inc. The demand for this metal will increase significantly due to automobile manufacturers, that are already using more aluminum in producing motor cars because of a combination of...
Aluminum Threatens to Overtake Steel in Auto Production
By 2012 the use of aluminum in automobiles could reach record highs, the Aluminum Association reports. The organization cited a Ducker Worldwide survey that shows North American automakers will increase their use of aluminum 53% to 500 pounds by 2025. Fuel-economy standards in the United States are...
Peugeot eyes partnerships to boost aluminium use
Car maker PSA Peugeot Citroen is considering partnerships with aluminium suppliers as it tries to produce lighter vehicles, its top executive said? Aluminium could potentially allow the bulk of a 200 kilo cut in vehicle weight being targeted by Peugeot but relatively high costs for the metal were a...
Auto Aluminum Usage Hits All-Time High, Expected to Aggressively Accelerate
Automakers are accelerating their shift to aluminum away from other materials for new car and light truck construction, as they seek to safely and cost-effectively lower the weight of vehicles according to a new survey of North American automakers conducted by Ducker Worldwide. The survey of...
Metallurgical Arc joining of steel and aluminium to make hybrid sheets
An impressive innovation has shifted the limits of welding still further: Whereas steel and aluminium were once thought to be incapable of thermal joining, this is now perfectly feasible in actual practice. The revolutionary solution has made the visions of material experts, design engineers and...
Metallurgical Arc-joining of Steel and Aluminium to Make Hybrid Sheets
An impressive innovation has shifted the limits of welding still further: Whereas steel and aluminium were once thought to be incapable of thermal joining, this is now perfectly feasible in actual practice. The revolutionary solution has made the visions of material experts, design engineers and...
JAPAN DEMAND SET TO RE-EMERGE NEXT WEEK-Automakers,diecasters
Demand for 226 from the Japanese market was also said to be muted as automakers and diecasters close plants for summer holidays. "We don't expect any enquiries [from Japan] until next week," said a 226 supplier. Toyota Motor and Honda Motor shut their vehicle assembly and component manufacturing...
Report: European primary aluminium production to grow at a CAGR of 8% between 2011-2013
Aluminium is experiencing an increasing success in diverse industrial sectors including automotive, building, and packaging. The increasing demand, both from professional and private consumers, demonstrates the utility of aluminium in everyday life and the increasing importance of the aluminium...
BMW Shuns Steel, Shows Preference For Carbon Fiber and Aluminum
BMW has revealed details of just one of the projects they have been spending all those millions of euros of profit on recently. BMW has released details of two concept cars which they hope will be sufficiently different from all the other EV and hybrid offerings out there to generate volume sales....
Automotive raw-material prices up 10-20% for auto makers, survey says
The cost of automotive raw materials such as steel, resins, rubber, copper and aluminum are rising, typically 10 to 20 percent from a year ago. Steel, aluminum and copper prices also rose significantly, but many suppliers say auto makers are indexing those materials. Not so with rubber and...
