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Buhler India eyes new opportunities in manufacturing lightweight components

Buhler India eyes new opportunities in manufacturing lightweight components

Text & Photo: Bhargav TS   As engine downsizing along with boosting performance, improving fuel economy and keeping emissions in check increasingly gain steam in the auto industry, lightweighting seems to be at least one of the prominent answers. To manufacture lightweight components Switzerland-based machine builder Buhler Group is bringing its new ‘Lost Core’ technology to the Indian market, which[Read More…]

Johnson Controls invests as cooperation partner in future technology for lightweight construction project

Johnson Controls invests as cooperation partner in future technology for lightweight construction project

Combination of steel and aluminum in laser-welded tailored tubes offers attractive savings potential in high-volume seat back production Johnson Controls, a global multi-industry company, is investing in an automotive research project that combines two approaches to lightweight construction for the first time. The partners from science and industry are working on tailored tubes made of a hybrid of steel and[Read More…]

by August 22, 2014 International, Web Exclusive