Linamar's planned giga-press part of industry's 're-evaluation' of vehicle manufacturing

Switzerland Nachrichten Nachrichten

Linamar's planned giga-press part of industry's 're-evaluation' of vehicle manufacturing
Switzerland Neuesten Nachrichten,Switzerland Schlagzeilen

Linamar Corp.’s planned high-pressure die casting plant in Welland, Ont. is part of an industry-wide “re-evaluation” of how vehicles are built, and signals that at least one local automaker aims to integrate very large structural components into an upcoming electric vehicle, according to auto analyst Sam Fiorani.

  • 📰 AutoNewsCanada
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 52 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 24%
  • Publisher: 51%

The past few years have been something akin to opening “Pandora’s box,” said Fiorani, the vice-president of global vehicle forecasting at U.S.-based AutoForecast Solutions.

The exact point at which die casting machines become “giga” is up for debate, Linamar CEO Linda Hasenfratz told Automotive News Canada, but with a clamping force of 6,100 tons, no one will be questioning whether the Canadian supplier’s three presses destined for Welland make the cut. Fiorani said the plant’s location puts it within striking distance of numerous Detroit Three plants in Canada, as well as Toyota and Honda. Shipping to assembly sites in the Detroit area is also feasible, he said, and if the parts are loaded onto ships, that would open further opportunities with the Detroit Three and several startups in Ohio.

“We have a lot of other opportunities in the pipeline. We’re pretty confident in our ability to fill this facility in short-order,” Hasenfratz said.“It comes back to the growth of electrified vehicles, the need for lightweighting and just the realization of the amount of weight savings that you get from stamped steel assemblies [versus] this type of a structural lightweight metal part.”

Wir haben diese Nachrichten zusammengefasst, damit Sie sie schnell lesen können. Wenn Sie sich für die Nachrichten interessieren, können Sie den vollständigen Text hier lesen. Weiterlesen:

AutoNewsCanada /  🏆 77. in CH
 

Switzerland Neuesten Nachrichten, Switzerland Schlagzeilen



Render Time: 2025-01-20 05:22:50