Since
the end of the 20th century, following the increasing requirements of all
countries on vehicle energy saving and environment-friendly performance, a wave
of vehicle lightweight has been staged around the globe. In terms of automotive
materials, aluminum alloy, by virtue of its low density, corrosion resistance,
high strength and other advantages, has become the first choice to replace
traditional iron and steel materials. At present, among numerous automotive
aluminum alloy products, aluminum alloy automotive sheet has emerged as an
investment hotspot for global aluminum processing enterprises because of its
huge growth potentials, and China with an enormous automobile market has turned
into a hot investment area.
Aluminum
alloy automotive sheet industry started late in China, plus being impeded
by high-tech and capital barriers, the domestic capacity grows slowly. Over the
same period, with the accelerated upgrading of automotive product structure as
well as the rising proportion of medium- and high-end cars, the demand for
aluminum alloy automotive sheets has embraced a significant increase and the
market supply tends to be increasingly tight.
Currently,
aluminum alloy automotive sheet products used in China’s automotive industry
chiefly rely on imports; sheet materials used in Japanese cars are primarily
imported from Japan; while for American and German cars, European and American
companies like ALCOA, Norsk Hydro and Novelis act as the suppliers. Chinese
aluminum alloy automotive sheet manufacturers, due to small yield, unstable
quality, etc., are incapble of providing large-scale joint ventures with plate
materials, but they serve local carmakers.
This
report not only sheds light on current development of global and China automotive
aluminum alloy sheet industries, but also highlights the aluminum alloy
automotive sheet business of eight foreign companies, i.e., ALCOA, Norsk Hydro,
Aleris, Novelis, Kobe Steel, Constellium, Sumitomo Light Metal and Furukawa-sky
as well as five Chinese peers e.g. Southwest Aluminum (Group) Co., Ltd, Weifang
Sanyuan Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd, Northeast Light Alloy Co., Ltd..
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As the world’s largest manufacturer of
aluminum alloy automotive sheet, Novelis is in possession of production bases
in the United States, Canada, Germany, Switzerland and other countries. Having
a bright prospect of the aluminum alloy automotive sheet market, the company
has invested US$600 million in reorganization and expansion of bases in New
York, Korea, Malaysia since 2010, and the project is expected to be completed
in 2013.
ALCOA
is not only one of the world’s largest aluminum product enterprises, but also
one of the most important suppliers of aluminum
alloy automotive sheet in North America, mainly catering to large
automakers like GM and Ford. To expand capacity of aluminum alloy automotive
sheet, the company has invested US$300 million in reorganization and expansion
of Davenport Works since 2010, which is planned to be finished in 2013.
Being
one of China’s major producers of aluminum alloy automotive sheet, Xuzhou Caifa
Aluminum Heat Transfer Co., Ltd. cooperated with China Automotive Engineering
Research Institute Co. Ltd. (CAERI) in successful development of 6XXX series
aluminum alloy automotive sheet in 2010. Through several years of improvement,
the company’s capacity of aluminum alloy automotive sheet has risen up to
10,000 tons/a, thus realizing bulk supply to domestic automotive companies.
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