Alcoa Unveils Next-generation Aluminum Materials

Lightweight metals leader Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) has implemented its breakthrough manufacturing technology, the Alcoa Micromill^TM, to manufacture advanced aluminum sheet.

As quoted in the press release:

The Alcoa-patented Micromill process dramatically changes the microstructure of the metal, allowing the production of an aluminum alloy for automotive applications that has 40 percent greater formability and 30 percent greater strength than the incumbent aluminum used today while meeting stringent automotive surface quality requirements.

Alcoa Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Klaus Kleinfeld stated:

Alcoa Micromill represents a major breakthrough in aluminum materials. This technology will unlock the next generation of automotive products with strength, formability and surface quality combinations never before possible. It will allow our customers to redefine the boundaries of vehicle design, supporting the creation of lighter, more fuel efficient, safer and more stylish vehicles for the future.

Click here to read the Alcoa Inc. (NYSE:AA) press release.