- Joint venture in chassis technology for development and assembly of chassis systems - New plant with 200 employees will be located south-east of Beijing Beijing/Friedrichshafen. ZF Friedrichshafen AG and Beijing Automotive Industry Corporation (BAIC Group) have for the first time founded a joint venture for developing and assembling passenger car chassis systems. Dr. Stefan Sommer, CEO of ZF, and Xu Heyi,…

THE University of Limerick is leading a major European partnership to address the environmental impact of alumina production waste. The partnership entitled BRAVO (Bauxite Residue and Aluminium Valorisation Operations), co-ordinated by UL is one of the largest commitments of its kind with over 30 partner members including Industry representatives, SMEs, and leading universities and institutes throughout…

Chinese scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing unveiled a new liquid-phase 3D printing method that uses a metal alloy ink to rapidly manufacture three-dimensional metal objects. The new method makes metal printing processes faster, more affordable and energy efficient, by controlling the temperature of the medium used to deposit the metal ink. Scientists at the Academy's Technical…

A General Motors Co. executive says the automaker has been successful in convincing some key parts suppliers to build factories closer to GM's assembly plants, which cuts transportation costs and helps ensure parts quality. The Detroit automaker has persuaded some parts makers to locate nearby as it switches to next-generation vehicles at factories such as its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas City, Kansas,…

SEOUL, KOREA - Hankook Tire held a ground-breaking ceremony for a new plant in Tennessee in the United States on October 9. The Tennessee plant will become the Korean tire maker’s eighth global plant. AHankook Tire official said, “The establishment of the new plant in Tennessee means more than expanding our production base. It will serve as a momentum for us to take a new leap forward in the U.S. market,…

BMW’s new South American automobile plant in Araquari, Brazil has assembled its first car, a BMW 328i ActiveFlex that can run on either ethanol or petrol. Over the next few years, BMW will invest more than €200 million in the plant, which is scheduled to have an annual production capacity of more than 30,000 vehicles. The plant is scheduled to produce a diverse range of models including the BMW 1-Series…

Welsh automotive supplier CastAlum relies on StrikoMelter melting furnace technology StrikoMelter melting furnaces as far as the eye can see: the StrikoWestofen Group (Gummersbach) is currently installing the eleventh system on the premises of the internationally renowned aluminium die caster CastAlum (Welshpool, Wales). Ever since the company was founded in the year 2000, this Welsh automotive supplier has…

The craft of cast iron has, as it is well known, a very long tradition. Despite its tradition, time in the industry did not stand still. „Tools“, such as CAD, simulations, analyses, materials research etc. guarantee a future for cast iron material. Learn new and interesting facts about the future of cast iron material , about details in metallurgy and application. At CastTec2014, highly qualified lectures…

Major orders from the aerospace industry and expanding markets in the automotive sector: aluminium is the metal experiencing the strongest demand increases globally. The automotive and aerospace sectors are the driving forces propelling this sales bonanza. “The mobility of the modern age is made of aluminium”, says Christian Wellner, the managing director of the German Confederation of the Aluminium…

Ankiros 2014 “12th International Iron-Steel and Foundry Technology, Machinery and Products Trade Fair”, Annofer 2014 “11th International Non-Ferrous Metals Technology, Machinery and Products Trade Fair” and Turkcast 2014 “6th Foundry Products Trade Fair” organized by Hannover-Messe Ankiros A.S. between September 11-13 at Tuyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul in halls 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. The fairs…