Emphasis is now being placed on reducing the weight of planes and cars, as well as buses, trucks, trains and boats, in order to decrease energy consumption and pollution from transportation.
This is where aluminium, with its excellent combination of strength and lightness, has many advantages.
Aluminium is used for supporting structures, outer cladding, cables and electronics in planes. In cars and trucks it can be used for space frames, truck bodies, cylinder blocks, pistons, boot lids, bumpers, wheels, and so on.
The use of aluminium in trains, railcars, underground carriages, buses and boats, particularly for bodywork and hulls, is rapidly increasing. Production methods are favourable as well as cost efficient, and the material has energy absorption abilities if accidents should occur.
Sapa Extrusions UK supplies extensively to the automotive industry. Providing extrusions for both commercial and industrial vehicle manufacture; anything from bumpers to trailers.
