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Newequipment 95 Industry Trends Cars Being Built
Newequipment 95 Industry Trends Cars Being Built
Newequipment 95 Industry Trends Cars Being Built
Newequipment 95 Industry Trends Cars Being Built

Alcoa and the Fight for the Aluminum Automobile

Dec. 8, 2014
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As the steel vs. aluminum battle wages on in the automotive world, Alcoa is bringing a new technology to the lightweighting fight.

The aluminum producer has developed a new manufacturing process that allows it to make an aluminum alloy that is 40% more formable and 30% stronger than existing aluminum.

That means, in short, that Alcoa is addressing in one fell swoop some of the major hurdles keeping aluminum from becoming a more pervasive material on vehicles. Using its Micromill technology, it is creating a more flexible, stronger aluminum that is 30% lighter than high-strength steel.

Read more on the aluminum automobile on IndustryWeek.

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