Altair has announced the winners of the 8th Annual Altair Enlighten Awards. Presented jointly with the Center for Automotive Research, the competition acknowledges the world’s best initiatives to reduce vehicle weight and meet emissions targets, inspiring breakthrough advancements that push the industry towards a more sustainable future.
Additive manufacturing is being increasingly used for industrial applications. However, long production times currently inhibit its use in large-scale series production typical of the automotive industry. Combining conventional processes with AM can be one solution to meet this challenge.
2018 surprised with high growth rates and new record sales. However, there were also strong signs of a slowdown: Many automotive suppliers were confronted with declining margins.
For the seventh time, the technology company Altair once again presented the Enlighten Award to outstanding vehicle lightweighting solutions at the CAR Management Briefing Seminar 2019 in Traverse City (USA).
Digitization was at the focus of the ZF Global Supplier Summit. At this occasion, the ZF Suppliers Awards were presented to companies from Europe, Asia and North America.
The article series is dedicated to the changes and developments in the aluminum high pressure die casting industry. The first chapter deals with "Internationalization", as one of the four challenges, and its impact on booming new growth markets.
Electric vehicles are second or third cars for wealthy people, criticizes ZF boss Wolf-Henning Scheider — and calls for a "people's hybrid". His company is investing three billion euros in better hybrid technology, 800 million euros of which at the "flagship location" Saarbrücken.
This article series are dedicated to the changes and developments in the aluminum high pressure die casting industry: "Internationalization", "Product Portfolio", "Technologies" and "Employees".
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1830100/1830159/original.jpg "The second \"Live Action\" Day at EUROGUSS MEXICO Virtual Weeks takes place on 2021 May 11.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1829900/1829982/original.jpg "This report provides an overview of commodity prices and inventories of aluminum and zinc in April 2021.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1827200/1827210/original.jpg "The company is supplying a robotic cell for assembling sealing caps.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1828800/1828863/original.jpg "Construction works started at the beginning of March 2021.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1828300/1828340/original.jpg "This article presents some advantages of Vacuum in HPDC.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1826300/1826308/original.jpg "Mössner's saws are equipped with various features.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1825500/1825536/original.jpg "Sven van den Ham, Operations Manager at Inther Conveyor Equipment, gives a statement about his experiences with Vostermans as a supplier.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1797900/1797996/original.jpg "This article describes three magnesium extraction methods: the Horizontal Pidgeon Process, the Vertical Pidgeon Process, and aluminothermic reduction.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1828800/1828806/original.jpg "According to our interview partner James Herbert, Global Sales Director at ALTEK, there are a number of challenges to overcome to make aluminum truly sustainable.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1829900/1829942/original.jpg "2020 winner: Harley Davidson Motor Company utilized electrification to improve energy capacity of its Livewire electric motorcycle by 90%, while increasing the ratio of energy capacity to vehicle mass by 60%. Additionally, the initiative established mass and stiffness design and optimization practices for future motorcycle programs.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1829100/1829192/original.jpg "The winners will be announced at the opening event of EUROGUSS 2022 on January 17, 2022.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1829200/1829259/original.jpg "In particular, Comau has developed and equipped the body assembly lines dedicated to processing the structural parts of the New 500.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1825300/1825376/original.jpg "It's less than one week, until the EUROGUSS MEXICO will be held virtually.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1732300/1732316/original.jpg "Presented in four categories, the Enlighten Awards recognize commercial automotive lightweighting achievements and technologies.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1669000/1669070/original.jpg "This demonstrator shows how blistering (expansion of gases sealed in under pressure) is almost completely prevented by combining casting and AM. The demonstrator components for laser-powder buildup welding to implement scenario 2 were provided by Audi from an external foundry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1596900/1596913/original.jpg "2018 surprised with high growth rates and new record sales - although there were also strong signs of a slowdown: many automotive suppliers were confronted with declining margins.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1600200/1600286/original.jpg "Ferrari’s Portofino was the winner in the Full Vehicle, low-volume production category. Innovative design approaches and manufacturing processes were applied to achieve a much lighter and stiffer Body-in-White structure.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1511900/1511960/original.jpg "As part of the Global Supplier Summit, ZF awarded seven prizes to its top suppliers.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1477900/1477931/original.jpg "In order to be prepared for the future, OEM-oriented foundries must position themselves internationally in the short term.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1507200/1507225/original.jpg "ZF CEO Wolf-Henning Scheider in Wolfsburg: \"There's really a lot of potential in hybrid technology.\"")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1509300/1509338/original.jpg "One of the main drivers of the changes in the die casting industry is the automotive industry.")
:quality(80)/images.vogel.de/vogelonline/bdb/1317100/1317144/original.jpg "GF Automotive acquires the light metal die casting expert Eucasting.")