KS HUAYU AluTech GmbH, a 50:50 Joint Venture of the technology enterprise Rheinmetall AG and the Chinese Automotive Supplier HASCO, has received the biggest order in its company history.

GF Casting Solutions, a division of GF, Schaffhausen (Switzerland), and the leading light-metal castings and assemblies solutions provider Bocar Group, Mexico City (Mexico), have signed an agreement to offer a specialized range of products and services worldwide.

The market in the metals industry is constantly on the move - and so are raw material prices. This report, which is published monthly by IKB Deutsche Industriebank, focuses on aluminum and zinc and highlights the most important developments in May 2022.

The market in the metals industry is constantly on the move - and so are raw material prices. This report, published monthly by IKB Deutsche Industriebank, focuses on aluminum and zinc and highlights key developments in April 2022.

Due to several influences, the aluminum foundry industry has experienced significant change over the last few years. These influences and connected questions are addressed in this strategy review.

Magnesium die casting has an enormous field of application: Many different engineering disciplines benefit from the special material properties of this non-ferrous metal.

In 2013, the IMA published the study "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Magnesium Components in Vehicle Construction," which was written by the Institute of Vehicle Concepts of the German Aerospace Center. This report details the results of the update.

One of the next decades’ goals will be a further reduction of emissions to lower the growing environmental impact. Considering this, light metals as construction materials are generally viewed to become critical in the future.

While the revolutionary changes in the automotive industry and the overall manufacturing landscape are exciting, it is a reorientate-or-die-situation for the traditional supplier industry. If you perceive change too late, reality hits you all the harder. Against this background, the Korean mono-manufacturer SJM is an eye-opening example of how the change to e-mobility can be managed.

The BMW Group's light metal foundry at the Landshut component plant in Lower Bavaria is now using an innovative multi-plate mold technology for die casting. Central advantage over conventional mold technology: Component weights and dimensions can be reduced through function-optimized component design and an idealized layout of the required sprue positions and flow paths.

YXLON International has introduced a brand-new computed tomography system to the global market with six online events in February. With its compact and durable design, the new YXLON UX50 has been developed especially for the production environment, with a specific focus on the automotive and foundry industry. The system is ideally suited for testing components of traditional drive technology as well as the growing e-mobility with its particular requirements.

The industry is preparing for the future. Growing demand from different sectors goes hand in hand with the need to keep up with new requirements relating to part quality, increasing competition and pricing pressures. It will also be increasingly important for foundries to reduce their environmental footprint. Truly viable and sustainable ways of optimizing production processes are in demand. Select release agents proven to stand up to the demanding applications in practice can support obtaining these goals.

Digitization in product development and production requires foundries and users to break new ground, to process and assess an increasing amount of measurement data. It is of high interest to look at this holistic product value creation. The second congress "InCeight Casting C8" from March 6 to 8, 2023 will offer this interdisciplinary exchange of knowledge and interests and thus contribute to a common understanding of the diverse different requirements for cast components. The call for papers is open now until May 15, 2022.

After recent signs of a comprehensive slowdown, steel, iron and non-ferrous metal foundries assessed the current situation in December as significantly better than in the previous month. Expectations for the upcoming six months do not, however, take this selective assessment into account.

Quaker Houghton introduces a new approach to die casting, which brings together equipment and lubricant as well as product and expertise to make die casting smarter, faster more cost-effective and more intelligent. In the management statement, Dr. Mark Cross, Global Business Development Director - Die Casting, explains what exactly DieCast iQTM is all about.

SLM Solutions Group AG announced that a leading California-based rocket company had ordered two NXG Xll 600s to make its space missions more affordable and efficient by creating lighter, faster, and more robust space components.