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Chemetall Expands Aluminum Facility in Germany
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less than 3 PPV today to 14 PPV.
• The average passenger car will contain 362 lb. of aluminum
and the average light truck will contain 523 lb. of aluminum. Survey findings also project a bright future beyond 2020 through 2028. Total aluminum content is expected to grow to 565 PPV (16 percent of the vehicle’s total mass) by 2028, with nearly 25 percent
of vehicles having partial aluminum body-in-white.
To view the study, visit www.drivealuminum.org.
Volvo Body-Structure Team
Wins Automotive Excellence Award
At Great Designs in Steel 2017, held May 17 in Livonia, MI, Volvo Car Corp.’s body-structure team received the Steel Market Development Institute’s Automotive Excellence Award for its advanced high-strength steel innovations in the 2016 Volvo XC90. The award recognizes those who make significant contri- butions to the advancement of steel in the automotive industry. The body-structure team at Volvo was honored for its scalable product architecture, developed new for the XC90, which reduced body mass without sacrificing strength.
Chemetall, Frankfurt, Germany, a supplier of surface-treatment products, has expanded its Hamm, Germany, aluminum com- petence center. The updated facility meets GSB and Qualicoat quality requirements in order to better support the Hamm facility’s research and development efforts for the architecture, construction, aerosol and beverage-can markets.
United Performance Metals Expands Slitting/Edging Operations
United Performance Metals (UPM) has added a new edging line at its Hamilton, OH, headquarters and has boosted its slitting and edging capabilities at its West Coast branch in La Mirada, CA.
The Ohio headquarters installed the new edging equipment, while the existing Ohio edging line and 12-in. slitting equipment were transferred to the California branch. This allows for slitting and edging capabilities in both facilities.
“The additional edging capability in our West Coast facility complements the current slitting operations in that branch,” says J.J. Johnson, UPM director of operations. “Having edging capacity in multiple locations allows us to offer our customers shorter lead times and faster delivery, regardless of our customers’ geographic locations.”
United Performance Metals: www.upmet.com