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•    Author:  Lynn Brown

•    Author's Company:  Consulting Collaborative

•    Title: Automotive Lightweighting Promises Great Changes to the Material and Manufacturing Landscape

•    Volume:  Vol. 73, No. 5

•    Year:  2015

•    No. Pages:  5

•    Description: This article provides a review of the Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) – Detroit conference held in Detroit, MI, on August 18-20, 2015. The event included presentations from automotive OEMS, Tier 1 suppliers, joining technology suppliers, and materials suppliers. Presentations addressed such topics as mixed-material design, increased interest in composites/carbon fiber and magnesium, enabling technologies (such as joining and coating technologies, and aluminum alloy development.

•    Companies Mentioned:  Ford, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler, Honda, Tesla, Toyota, Nissan, Alcoa, Novelis, Constellium, Golden Aluminum, Sapa, Magnode, Benteler, Aluminum Extruders Council, International Magnesium Association, Lacks Enterprises, Henrob Corporation, TOX Pressotechnik, Rifast Systems, RB&W

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