French version of “Aluminium in Commercial Vehicles” manual now available At the end of 2009, the European Aluminium Association released the technical manual “Aluminium in Commercial Vehicles” to respond to the needs of design and process engineers. A French version is now available. To discover the English, the German and the new French version, please […]

  Aluminium for safer trucks Road safety and fuel efficiency are without doubt two major priorities for EU policy makers. One area where a lot can be done for the road safety is to reduce the severity of accidents between large trucks and smaller personal vehicles and vulnerable road users. Due to restrictions in the […]

  Aluminium wheels for MAN TGX Efficient-Line The comprehensive fuel-saving equipment used by the TGX Efficient Line make this semitrailer tractor an attractive package with high savings in comparison to a freely configurable vehicle with the same scope of equipment. For the construction of the TGX line, MAN opted for a lightweight design. The TGX […]

  Reinforced aluminium side boards for Onnicar tippers Founded in 1969 with the name of C.F.M., the brand ONNICAR appeared in 1979 and is specialized in aluminium equipments for commercial vehicles. Onnicar has recently collaborated with Metra Spa in the development of 6xxx series aluminium profiles for fixed platform and three-side tipper for light commercial […]

Click here to Subscribe to the Newsletter   Dear Reader, Welcome to the fourth edition of AluTransport, the commercial vehicles newsletter from the European Aluminium Association sponsored by Alcoa, Aleris, AMAG, Constellium, Hydro, Metra, Novelis and Sapa. For further information or comments: [email protected] or www.alutransport.eu Aluminium for safer trucks A new study demonstrates that the […]

Materials in Car Body Engineering 2011 On 11 and 12 May, the annual Automotive Circle International conference on “Materials in Car Body Engineering”, also known as the World Automotive Materials Meeting, WAMM, gathers an international audience of automotive engineers from OEM and important system suppliers in Bad Nauheim near Frankfurt/Germany, to discuss the state-of-the-art and […]

Car body design with aluminium – future developments Lightweight car design will also remain an important task in future. Lightweighting is not only an efficient way to reduce the fuel consumption, and thus the CO2 emissions of conventionally powered vehicles, it is even more important for vehicles with electric and hybrid powertrains. At the recent […]

Forged Aluminium Wheels Selected for Ferrari 458 Italia Alcoa’s Auto Wheels business recently announced that it had been selected to supply lightweight forged aluminium wheels for the new and critically acclaimed Ferrari 458 Italia. The use of forged aluminium wheel technology pioneered ensures that the front wheel weighs just 10.3kg, while the rear wheel weighs […]

Aluminium fenders for the new BMW 5 series Aleris Aluminum Duffel BVBA manufactures the material used for the fenders of the new 5 series BMW: EN AW-6016-Fo Ti/Zr, a high-quality aluminium alloy that has been optimised for outer panels of modern automobiles. Referred to as SUPERLITE® 200, this material perfectly combines two features demanded by […]

Ultra lightweight aluminium rear subframe for Porsche Panamera Lightweight car sub-frame for safety functional application with high requirements in terms of strength and stiffness. Cast as one piece in hollow design using only one sand core. Measuring 1200 by 710 by 335 mm, and with a wall thickness down to 3.5 mm, it expands the […]