Audi again chooses Hydro Aluminium

Norwegian aluminium producer Hydro has been asked to deliver the front crash management systems for one of Audi's future high-volume models. Expected volume is about 250,000 systems per year. Hydro says the order underlining the company's position as the leading global supplier of lightweight crash management components. It says the order also confirms the German carmaker's confidence in Hydro as its preferred supplier of extruded aluminium-based crash management components. Including the new order, Hydro will be producing about 60 percent of the bumper beams in Audi's fleet of models. The order covers delivery of the front systems for both the European and the North American versions of the future model. Expected volume is about 250,000 systems per year. Hydro will produce the bumper beams at its automotive structures plant in Norway. The aluminium profiles used for the crash boxes, as well as the other extruded components for the impact management systems, will also come from the Raufoss site. These components will be assembled into complete systems at Hydro's facility in the Czech Republic, which is under construction, then delivered to Audi assembly plants in Germany and Hungary.