Alcoa driving automotive castings for new models of General Motors, Chrysler, Nissan vehicles.Alcoa Inc., Pittsburgh, announced that its automotive castings business has been selected to produce the front and rear subframes for the 2006 Corvette corvette, small warship, classed between a frigate and a sloop-of-war. Corvettes usually were flush-decked and carried fewer than 28 guns. They were widely employed in escorting convoys and attacking merchant ships during the great naval wars of the late 18th and and Cadillac XLR The XLR is a luxury roadster sold by the Cadillac division of General Motors and is assembled in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is based on the same Y-body platform as the Chevrolet Corvette. as well as steering knuckles for two 2005 General Motors vehicle programs. The one-piece, cast aluminum subframes will be produced at Alcoa's Kentucky Casting Center, Hawesville, Ky., and the knuckles will be produced at the company's Michigan Casting Center, Fruitport, Mich. "In addition to the clear enhancements that these subframes bring to the handling and crash management of the Corvette and XLR XLR X-linked lymphocyte regulated XLR X-Linked Recessive (genetics) XLR Accelar (Nortel/Bay network switch) XLR Ground Left Right (digital audio) , they also offer GM significant part consolidation advantages," said Allen Zwierzchowski, president of Alcoa Automotive Castings. "Steering knuckles are an important element of a vehicles' suspension system Noun 1. suspension system - a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle suspension ; they connect the wheel to the vehicle. They are clearly safety-critical, and they are playing an increasingly important role in better handling by helping car makers improve the weight balance of their vehicles," Zwierzchowski added. The subframes and knuckles are produced via the vacuum riserless casting-pressure riserless casting process with aluminum A356. Alcoa Automotive also announced that it has successfully launched eight new cast aluminum wheels for Nissan and Chrysler Group vehicles. "Alcoa's cast aluminum wheels provide our customers with cost effective styling options to offer their customers," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Kevin Kramer, president of Alcoa's Cast Auto Wheels division. "The ability of Alcoa's cast wheels to add to the visual appeal of a broad variety of platforms is shown through the new profiles we are sending to Chrysler Group," Kramer continued. "Their new applications range from the Chrysler 300 Touring edition and Dodge Magnum to the Chrysler Town and Country
The Chrysler Town and Country is a minivan marketed by Chrysler and formerly DaimlerChrysler (1998-2007). and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans." Alcoa also joins Nissan's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. wheel supply base with the launch of four new wheels for the Altima, Frontier, Pathfinder and Xterra. |
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