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•    Title:  Moving the Needle on Auto Lightweighting: GALM 2016

•    Author:  Lynn Brown

•    Author Company:  Consulting Collaborative

•    Volume:  Vol. 74, No. 5

•    Year:  2016

•    No. Pages:  4

•    Description:  The 5th Global Automotive Lightweight Materials (GALM) conference took place in Detroit, MI, on August 23-25, with 500 OEM, tier, and supplier delegates. This article provide a look at select presentations from the conference, which included discussion of multi-material car concepts, advances in material technology (aluminum, magnesium, composites, and steel), and numerous sessions on materials and enabling
technologies (from fastening and joining systems to new software and
management processes).

•    Companies Mentioned:  Ford, Cadillac, Audi, General Motors (GM), BMW, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Toyota, Novelis, Constellium, UACJ, Sapa, Meridian Lightweight Technologies, Magnesium Elektron North America, Steel Market Development Institute, AK Steel, U.S. Steel, Volvo, Hexion, Institute for Advanced Composite Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), Siemens PLM Software, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Sika, EFC, RBW, Tox Pressotechnik, Stanley, Tata Motors

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