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Audi Selects Alcoa Wheel's Dura-Bright® Technology for New A6
Stay Clean Wheel Option Latest in Alcoa and Audi Innovation in Aluminum CLEVELAND -- Audi AG has selected Alcoa to supply forged aluminum wheels with Dura-Bright[R] technology surface treatment for the new 2009 Audi A6 recently debuting at the Paris International Motor Show. Dura-Bright[R] technology enhances the image...
First aluminum-plastic hybrid.(Your Business: In Brief)
Plastic-metal hybrid technology developed by Lanxess Corp., Pittsburgh, for automotive front ends is using aluminum for the first time on the Audi TT. Aluminum yields a 15% weight reduction vs. the steel used in previous hybrids. The Audi front end c Plastic-metal hybrid technology developed by...
All-aluminum concept Audi to be put into production.(AUTOMOTIVE)
An Audi aluminum concept car is to be put into production in 2006, reports Audi of America, Auburn Hills, Mich. The car is to have an aluminum space frame, an aluminum 5.0 liter V10 engine, aluminum wheels, and an aluminum double wishbone suspension. An Audi aluminum...
Rethinking the car and manufacturing. (Industry Focus: Autos).
"The industry of industries" is how Peter Drucker, the management guru, described the automakers ("Concept of the Corporation," 1946 John Day). Auto making, still the major economic activity on the planet, has twice redefined all of manufacturing in the last century and now seems poised to...
Audi targets aluminum-intensive vehicles. (Technology in Action).(Brief Article)
NECKARSULM, GERMANY--The automotive industry has about 70 years of experience in the use of steel. For aluminum, it is closer to 10 years. But aluminum is being adopted increasingly due to its lightweight properties, and the automotive industry is ve NECKARSULM, GERMANY--The automotive industry has about...
Automobile bodies: Can aluminum be an economical alternative to steel?
Editors Note: A hypertext-enhanced version of this article can be found at www.tms.org/pubs.joumals/JOM/0108/ Kelkar-0108.htm] Although the use of aluminum in cars has been increasing for the past two decades, progress has been limited in developing aluminum auto bodies. In fact, most aluminum substitution has come in the...
Aluminum space frame has welded and riveted floor pan and door.
The Audi aluminum space frame is the only all-aluminum body in a production car. An assembly system in which each weld is treated as a separate process has been developed by Emhart Fastening Teknologies, Mt. Clemens, Mich. According to Emhart, the system automatically adjusts current, are...
Georg Fischer, Ltd
SWITZERLAND--This fall, the Automotive Products Group of Georg Fischer, Ltd., Schaffhausen, Switzerland, will cast aluminum chassis parts for Audi AG, lngolstadt, Germany. The critical high-stress components include rear axle wishbones and transmission mountings for the high-performance A4 models, the Audi A8 and the new high-end Concept Dl. Georg Fischer plants...
Appraisers Discuss Impact of New Auto Parts.(Statistical Data Included)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some of the nation's top auto damage appraisers got a sneak peek at upcoming car models for 2000 and 2001, and witnessed live car crash and braking tests at last month's 34th Annual Independent Automotive Damage Appraisers Conference held here at the L'Enfant...
The role of materials in global competitiveness.(summaries of papers presented at an October 1995 ASM Advisory Technical Awareness Council symposium, Cleveland, Ohio)
A symposium on global competitiveness was sponsored by ASM's Advisory Technical Awareness Council during Materials Week in Cleveland last October. Speakers presented the perspectives of materials suppliers, users, and the federal government. GlobA symposium on global competitiveness was sponsored by ASM's...
European automakers move to aluminum. (includes related article)
00-00-0000 When Audi AG, the executive car division of Volkswagen AG, launched its all-aluminum-bodied A8, the effort represented a bold attempt by Audi and Aluminum Co. of America to convince automakers worldwide that aluminum is practical for more 00-00-0000 When Audi AG, the...
Will carmaking change materially? A billion-dollar bet on aluminum. (Aluminum Co. of America and Audi AG develop aluminum auto bodies) (Gutsy Decisions of 1994)
00-00-0000 Paul O'neill Doesn't Mince words when it comes to the aluminum space frame that Aluminum Co. of America Alcoa has developed for the all- aluminum-bodied Audi A8, introduced in Europe last spring. "It is the single most significa 00-00-0000 Paul O'neill Doesn't Mince...
Dual-power autos take the wheel. (combustion and electric engines)
DUAL-POWER AUTOS TAKE THE WHEEL No alternative means of automotive propulsion has yet been found that approaches the performance or versatility of the internal combustion engine. Electric vehicles EVs may be okay around town, but may never be popular with people who want to,...
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Record on the Road
BONNIE CAULFIELD Fort Stewart Record PACHECO RESIDENT Bonnie Caulfield traveled to Georgia, along with her daughter, Crystal Komari, far left, and granddaughters, Eliana, 9 months, and Satria, 10, to visit her son, Sgt. Joel O'Malley, who is stationed at Fort Stewart. Checking on the...
Review: 'Transporter 3' a bomb
The director of the third "Transporter" movie has given himself the name "Olivier Megaton." Too easy, you say? Very well. Make your own "bomb" joke. It's enough to say that Megaton and producer Luc Besson finally drive the wheels off this action franchise with "Transporter 3."...
TV show boost for naff cars
RETRO TV shows like time-travel police drama Ashes to Ashes have fuelled a surge in demand for previously unsellable "naff classic" cars, according to a new survey. Dealers have reported a jump in sales of motors with TV roles, including the boxy Audi Quattro that appeared...
The Q5 - probably the best mid-size SUV in the world
A tall off-road vehicle that can convince you it's a sleek, sporting saloon ... Audi deserves an award Hmm ... SUVs. As a newspaper we are not keen on cars so overspecified for the tasks they are usually asked to carry out, nor on the way...
At your service
VALERIE Santillo has seen a 46,000-mile 2001 Audi TT Roadster Quattro at a garage for pounds 8,995. She reckons that she could probably get the price down a bit, but would like to know whether she is wise to buy a TT of that age. ...
Bond's Aston is car of year
JAMES Bond's Aston Martin DBS was voted as Car of the Year 2008 in a new poll. The car features in the latest release, Quantum of Solace, Daniel Craig's second outing as 007. Its 6-litre V12 engine produces 510bhp. It has a maximum speed of almost...
Problem car bays had little support; FEW VOTED FOR PARKING CHANGES IN CONSULTATION
Byline: By ROB PATTINSON CONTROVERSIAL parking measures did not get the full backing of local residents. Earlier this month the Chronicle told how new parking bays in Queens Terrace and Grosvenor Road, Jesmond, had left the roads too narrow for cars to drive down. ...
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Audi AG Company Info
NAICS Code
Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing: 336211
