Aluminium structural components showcased in SAG Tech Days North America 2015

SAG Tech Days held at each of the two US truck manufacturers and current SAG customers Navistar-International respectively Daimler Trucks North America in mid September were a huge success. Thereby less known possibilities from SAG as Rheocasting or aluminum structural components in general were presented as well as the possibility to work with SAG as a product development partner.

Fully packed with sample parts and presentation material the first stop was Navistar in Chicago where the managing director of SAG Mecasa, Mr. Luis Alvarez and the head of Sales of SAG Mecasa, Mrs. Alejandra Casas joined. Navistar currently receives air-tanks from the SAG-Mecasa/Proform joint venture. A presentation room was equipped with SAG posters and sample parts. During the day numerous employees from different departments visited to inform them about SAG’s possibilities. Interesting details to current customer problems and issues as well as SAG technical possibilities were discussed with design engineers, quality engineers or buyers.

After the Chicago day a flight to the other side of the continent was taken in fact to Portland, Oregon where Daimler Trucks Northamerica (DTNA) has their headquarters. Currently they receive diesel tanks from SAG Mecasa for their Freightliner trucks. In the discussions it showed that DTNA is already using many aluminum castings in their trucks which would match the Rheocasting technology perfectly giving the commercial and qualitative advantage connected to this technology.

Both SAG Tech Days paid off by directing our customers towards a broader SAG product portfolio and pointing out that SAG is capable of far more than just fuel tanks or air tanks and can be an attractive product development partner for innovative light weight design projects.

Copyright and Exemption Declaration :¢ÙAll articles, pictures and videos that are marked with "China Aluminum Network" on this website are copyright and belong to China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn). When transshipment, any media, website or individual must list the source from "China Aluminium Network (www.alu.com.cn)". We seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÚArticles that marked as copy from others are for transferring more information to readers, do not represent or endorse their opinions or accuracy and reliability. When other media, website or individuals copy from our website, must keep the source. Anyone that changes the articles' sources will hold the responsibilities for copyright and law problems. We also seek legal actions against anyone that disobey this. ¢ÛIf any articles copied by our website concern the copyright and other problems, please contact us within one week.