As part of the ALLIANCE project, Ricardo has delivered an enhanced version of it’s Mass Manager software tool, which assists engineers to identify inefficient vehicle component designs and supports the application of new lightweight technologies through scalability & transferability [...]
The Lightweight ALLIANCE can now reveal the winners of the Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge (LOIC), aiming to reduce vehicle energy consumption and carbon emissions through innovative and affordable solutions to reducing the weight of cars. The four winners moving to the next phase: F.Tech [...]
This Wednesday, Marcos Ierides of Bax & Company will represent ALLIANCE at a luncheon event hosted by the International Magnesium Association (IMA) in Brussels. The event focuses on current and future trends in lightweighting, and the possibility of Magnesium to be used in lightweight [...]
The ALLIANCE project in collaboration with INNOGET are offering an exclusive opportunity for innoget users to submit their lightweight innovations to the ALLIANCE project technology call. The successful submission will be fast-tracked to the final phase of the ALLIANCE Lightweight Open [...]
On Wednesday 24 at 12:oo (CET), the ALLIANCE Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge (LOIC) will host a 1-hour webinar for potential applicants to meet their future collaborators. Opel, IKA & Bax & Company will present the latest activities in the ALLIANCE project and give participants a [...]
Bax & Company, the University of Florence and IKA, presented their life-cycle cost and environmental assessment of the ALLIANCE reference vehicle, at the EUCAR reception on November 14. The three partners teamed up to perform the life-cycle assessment, which will be used as a benchmark to [...]
Opel, KIT, IKA and Fraunhofer LBF introduced The Extended Target Weighing Approach at ALLIANCE’s first GA last month. The approach is a holistic, cross-component, function-based lightweight design method in the context of Product Generation Engineering (PGE). It supports the [...]
The ALLIANCE project had its first General Assembly (GA) last week at the Fiat Research Centre (CRF) in Turin, Italy. On October 25, the ALLIANCE steering committee, including work package leaders IKA, TME, CRF, Opel, Volkswagen, Fraunhofer and Bax & Company, met at the CRF headquarters to [...]
The ALLIANCE Lightweight Open Innovation challenge is now open for registration and innovators have until February 1st to submit their innovative lightweight solutions to two categories: Materials, and Manufacturing. Participants will have unique access to high level technical support [...]
The Lightweight ALLIANCE attended the Aachen Body Engineering Days, to promote the upcoming launch of the Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge, on October 1st. The ALLIANCE joined 250 attendees from around the world for presentations and demonstrations of new automotive body engineering [...]
