Articles tagged by the tag "Lightweighting"
Autocar Professional’s October 1 issue is a heavyweight on lightweighting

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar30 Sep 2019

Lightweighting remains the No. 1 issue and among the biggest challenges for both OEMs and suppliers. We reveal the lat...

Vedanta becomes first Indian aluminium producer to launch primary foundry alloy for the auto industry

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar14 Sep 2019

The company says it is investing in creating a PFA capacity of 240,000 tonnes.

Muralishankar Sambasivam: 'India's forgings industry is seeing a big focus from automakers towards lightweighting'

By Nilesh Wadhwa calendar25 Aug 2019

With 60% of its revenues coming from the domestic automotive industry, the forgings industry has been impacted by the ...

Industry experts say lightweighting remains among top priorities for India Auto Inc

By Mayank Dhingra calendar03 May 2019

Industry experts at ACMA conclave say lightweighting among top priorities for India Auto Inc, reveal latest successes ...

Cooper Standard’s Fortrex lightweight elastomeric technology wins award

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar16 Apr 2018

Fortrex offers weight savings of up to 30 percent versus traditional EPDM, while avoiding the compression set issues a...

ZF engineers industry's lightest knee airbag module

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar18 Mar 2018

New module features highly flexible design for various vehicle interior sizes and configurations, including future aut...

SABIC claims its new resin boosts lightweighting gains

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar29 Nov 2017

SABIC PP-UMS (Ultra Melt Strength) resin has melt strength of more than 65 cN that can be used in all industry segmen...

Lightweighting to drive IAC's product development for India

By Amit Panday calendar04 Nov 2017

Lightweighting is acknowledged as a megatrend by industry stakeholders globally. Engineering plastics is one broad ver...

Torsional welding tech helps join thinner materials, enables 10% weight reduction

autherAutocar Pro News Desk calendar27 Oct 2017

The torsional welding process, developed by Magna for automotive applications at its exteriors plant in Liberec, Czech...

Tata Technologies plots new growth through push in China, acquisitions

By Sumantra B Barooah calendar12 Apr 2017

The engineering services and product development IT services provider is enhancing its focus in China where has seen o...