It is reported that Alcan Extrusions and Automotive Structures has completed a major expansion of its production site in Gottmadingen of Germany after having recorded an impressive level of performance in new business in 2009 for greener car components made of aluminium both for premium and mass production markets.
Mr Paul Warton president of Alcan EAS said that "The fast growing need of aluminium parts and components in modern vehicles made it necessary to build a new manufacturing hall integrating new production lines for crash management systems as well as an advanced prototyping area to offer tailored solutions to our customers permanently searching for lightweight concepts."
The new hall includes state of the art, highly automated and productive bending and machining equipment serving major European car manufacturers. It expands the production area of the Gottmadingen site to approximately 20 000 square meters, enabling a significant increase in manufacturing capacity fully dedicated to the production of Crash Management Systems for up to one million additional vehicles.
After several month of construction work, the production in the new hall started with the manufacturing of Crash Management Systems for the Mercedes E Class, and the GLK. Safety components for other original equipment manufacturers are to follow soon.
Mr Christel Bories president and CEO of Alcan Engineered Products said that "We expect an increasing demand of greener cars in the future. Indeed global car manufacturers, supported by regulations, tax incentives and volatile fuel prices consider that the low CO2 emission car is a key success factor for tomorrow. Offering advanced aluminium lightweight solutions our company is well positioned to benefit from this growing demand."
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