Promoting Aluminum – Constellium, Novelis Form Alumobility

Constellium and Novelis have announced the launch of Alumobility, a non-profit organization  providing implementation-ready methods to advance the adoption of aluminum automotive body sheet. This consortium of the aluminum producers and technology partners  will work – not without self-interest – to fulfill the “promise of a lighter, more efficient, more sustainable mobility future. ”Alumobility will help further develop smarter, lighter, safer, and more sustainable vehicles.

Automakers of course continue to use lightweight, high-strength, aluminum, as well as steel, plastics composites – carbon fiber and the like, to make vehicles. Alumobility has developed technical studies that address the next-generation aluminum door and an all-aluminum structural B-pillar. It claims aluminum can effectively compete with other materials for mass production vehicles at an attractive cost to manufacturers.

Alumobility says it will further advance the technical capabilities of automotive aluminum body sheet in order to compete with other materials in next-generation vehicle design. An executive director, who will be named in the coming weeks, will lead the organization, which is governed by a board of directors representing member companies.

Alumobility will include additional member companies with downstream expertise, such as joining, forming, and other specialized manufacturing processes that actively contribute to increasing the adoption of aluminum auto body sheet. Members will be required to contribute unique technical expertise and support Alumobility marketing initiatives. All resulting work will be available upon request. The independent member companies will not share commercial or production resources.

Constellium
Constellium (NYSE: CSTM) develops aluminum products for a broad scope of markets and applications, including aerospace, automotive and packaging. Constellium generated €5.9 billion of revenue in 2019.

Novelis
Novelis Inc. provides products and services and is the world’s largest recycler of aluminum. It operates in the aerospace, automotive, beverage can and specialties industries throughout North America, Europe, Asia and South America. Novelis is a subsidiary of Hindalco Industries Limited, an aluminum and copper group, and the metals flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, a multinational conglomerate based in Mumbai, India.