Nate BeaversAUTOMOTIVE ALUMINUM ADVISORS ANNOUNCES NEW ALUMINUM BODY SHEET COURSE
Experts to help automakers and their suppliers gain an edge with aluminum
PLYMOUTH, Mich., November 14, 2019 - Automotive Aluminum Advisors is pleased to announce its first aluminum body sheet course designed to help automakers and their suppliers gain an edge and win with aluminum. The inaugural course will be held on February 11-12, 2020 at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan. Click here to register and preview the venue.
The two-day course is designed for the continuing education of automakers and their suppliers. Attendees will gain exclusive insight and practical knowledge into various aspects of aluminum body sheet including alloys and applications (5xxx, 6xxx and 7xxx), forming and stamping, advanced welding technologies and supply chain considerations.
The course will be led by several of Automotive Aluminum Advisors’ experts who led automotive alloy development, metals manufacturing and stamping process technology, advanced welding research, body sheet sales and numerous automotive launches as former leaders at Alcoa, Aleris, Arconic, General Motors, Reynolds Metals and Westinghouse.
“From pioneering aluminum spaceframe technology with Audi and Ferrari to helping launch the all-aluminum F-150 and many other programs, our experts have accumulated a vast body of knowledge and experience that can’t be easily replicated,” said Nate Beavers, Founder and President of Automotive Aluminum Advisors. “We’re excited to share that wealth of knowledge accumulated over a half-century to support the automotive industry’s continued shift to lighter weight structures and increased use of aluminum.”
This training course is designed to provide practical metallurgical, manufacturing, purchasing and supply chain learnings for your organization, including the knowledge and information needed to effectively introduce aluminum sheet into your manufacturing process.
Potential benefits of attending this training course include:
Practical knowledge to help save time and cost in design and development
Understanding of the differences between 5xxx, 6xxx, and 7xxx alloys
Insights to make better alloy and product application decisions
Strategies to effectively utilize aluminum sheet in manufacturing
Ability to make more informed purchasing and supply chain decisions
Automotive Aluminum Advisors’ experts also have decades of experience developing and providing intra-company and customer training courses, as well as having taught undergraduate and graduate-level classes at Carnegie Mellon, Penn State, Johns Hopkins and Loyola Universities.
As lightweighting through aluminization continues in automotive and other sectors, it becomes even more critical that those involved with the transition are knowledgeable about the materials over which they now have control. Consulting and Research firm Ducker Worldwide projects that the use of aluminum in auto body sheet applications will have grown 110% from 2015 baseline levels by 2025.
About Automotive Aluminum Advisors
Automotive Aluminum Advisors LLC (A3) is a consulting company that brings together a diverse team of subject matter experts with a proven track record to support OEMs and their supply partners with the development and commercialization of advanced lightweight aluminum solutions for automotive, transportation & other industries. For more information, visit www.auto-aluminum.com