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  • Solihull aluminium manufacturing
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    Parts materials: Metal manoeuvres

    2016-12-15T16:41:46Z

    Aluminium has been threatening to edge steel out as a material for automotive components thanks to its weight advantages. But while aluminium’s role in components is growing, modern steels still dominate the supply chain – and the future requires the best of bothIn this story... Rising use of aluminium Steel ...

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    British carmakers prepare for possible steel supply disruption

    2016-06-03T10:35:48Z

    Vehicle manufacturers in the UK have begun drawing up contingency plans to cater for possible disruption to steel supplies in the wake of uncertainty over the future of Tata Steel UK.It follows a statement by the Tata Group at the end of March that it had decided to exit the ...

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    Automotive alarm over prospects for UK steel mills

    2016-04-06T14:10:45Z

    Tata Steel’s decision to exit the UK – raising the spectre of the country’s steel producing plants shutting down – has set off a number of alarms in the UK automotive sector.Vauxhall, whose parent General Motors has a policy of sourcing products locally where possible and which has increased purchases ...