• Author: Andrea Svendsen
• Author's Company: Light Metal Age
• Title: Constellium Expands Auto Body Sheet Capacity: New Sheet Finishing Lines On-Stream in North America and Europe]
• Volume: Vol. 74, No. 6
• Year: 2016
• No. Pages: 4
• Description: Constellium N.V. completed a series of ambitious investments to meet the growing demand for finished aluminum sheet for body-in-white (BIW) from the automotive industry. These investments include two recently completed continuous sheet finishing lines — the joint venture project with United Aluminum Company of Japan (UACJ) in Bowling Green, KY, and expanded capacity in Neuf-Brisach, France. This article provides an overview of the two investments in new continuous annealing with pretreatment (CALP) capacity, which brings the company’s total capacity to 280-290,000 tonnes.
• Companies Mentioned: Constellium N.V., United Aluminum Company of Japan (UACJ), ANDRITZ Metals
Product Code: CONU7SBO34