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UACJ and Constellium Join Forces<br />

intheUStoSupplyAutomotivePanels<br />

The joint venture underlines the UACJ ‘s global strategy<br />

in automotive market<br />

byGiuseppeGiordano<br />

CUA,thejointventurecreatedintheUSbytheJapanesegroup<br />

UACJandConstellium,officiallyopeneditsnewplantinSeptember.<br />

TheplantisfoundinBowlingGreen,Kentucky,andstretchesoveran<br />

area of almost 30,000 square metres, with an initial production capacityofabout100.000tonsperyearofaluminiummaterialsfor<br />

automotive applications, particularly meant for the production of<br />

bodypanelsandstructuralparts.Therawmaterialswillbeprovided<br />

bybothofthecompany’spartners.ThedevelopmentoftheAmericanjointventureunderlinesthedesireonthepartofUACJtohave<br />

an important presence in top level automotive applications. As from<br />

the end of September, 2016, the group defined a new “Automotive<br />

Business Development Division “ which will be in charge of coordinatingactivitiesintheautomotivesector,butaboveallwillhaveto<br />

guarantee the development of new automotive aluminium products.<br />

Thisstrategyatthebeginningof2016ledtoanotherjointventure,<br />

this time in Germany, along with ELV<strong>AL</strong> Hellenic Aluminium Industry<br />

S.A.TheEuropeaninvestmentwillconcentrateontheproductionof<br />

heat exchanger materials. The operating company is called UACJ ElvalHeatExchangerMaterialsGmbH.Aluminiumfortheproductionof<br />

heat exchangers and gauged pipes will mainly be provided by ELV<strong>AL</strong>’s<br />

Greek plants. Above all, microchannel systems will be developed, offering<br />

opportunities of weight and volume reduction while keeping<br />

thesameheatexchangecapacity.<br />

The Japanese aluminium giant<br />

UACJ, the acronym for United Companies of Aluminium in Japan, is the<br />

largest Japanese manufacturer of aluminium semis, created in 2013 by the<br />

merger between Furukawa- Sky Aluminium and Sumitomo-Light Metals<br />

Industries. UACJ therefore has a very noble lineage: Sumitomo installed<br />

the first aluminium rolling mill in 1898, not many years after the Hall and<br />

Japan,<br />

aluminium<br />

SEMIS<br />

production –<br />

2015 (kton)<br />

Giappone,<br />

produzione<br />

di semilavorati<br />

d’alluminio –<br />

2015 (kton)<br />

UACJ e Constellium insieme in Usa per fornire laminati automotive<br />

Il Gruppo giapponese conferma la strategia di alleanze globali<br />

per potenziare le forniture ai costruttori automobilistici<br />

Lo scorso settembre è stato inaugurato ufficialmente il nuovo stabilimentodiCUA,lajointventurecreatainUsadalgruppogiapponeseUACJe<br />

Constellium. L’unità produttiva si trova a Bowling Green, Kentucky, e occupa<br />

un’area di quasi 30.000 metri quadrati, con una capacità produttiva<br />

iniziale di circa 100.000 tonnellate l’anno di laminati d’alluminio per<br />

applicazioni automotive, in particolare destinati alla produzione di pannelli<br />

per carrozzerie e parti strutturali. La materia prima sarà fornita da<br />

entrambi i partner della società. Lo sviluppo della joint venture americanasottolinealavolontàdiUACJdiesserbenpresentenelleapplicazioni<br />

automotive di primo livello. A partire da fine settembre 2016, il gruppo<br />

ha infatti definito una nuova “Automotive Business Development Division<br />

“cheavràlaresponsabilitàdicoordinamentodelleattivitànelsettore<br />

auto, ma soprattutto dovrà garantire lo sviluppo di nuovi prodotti per l’autoinalluminio.Unastrategiacheall’iniziodel2016hacreatoaun’altra<br />

joint venture, in Germania questa volta, insieme a ELV<strong>AL</strong> Hellenic Alumi-<br />

Japan, Aluminium consumption by industry – 2015 (kton)<br />

Giappone,ripartizionedeiconsumidialluminio–2015(kton)<br />

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