Pierre Labat

Novelis Details Sustainable Production Advances Made With €500 Green Bond In Report

Novelis Details Sustainable Production Advances Made With €500 Green Bond In Report

Atlanta’s rolled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. released its first Green Bond Report this week, detailing the progress of its €500 million (US$588 million) Green Bond issued in March of last year. Per the firm, it has allocated US$140 million of the net...

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Novelis Debuts New 25 Percent Stronger Automotive Aluminium Alloy

Novelis Debuts New 25 Percent Stronger Automotive Aluminium Alloy

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday the launch of a new aluminium alloy designed specifically for automotive body sheet. The new alloy, christened Advanz 6HS-s650, is a 6xxx-series aluminium alloy that Novelis says surpasses the automotive industry’s standards for strength, lightweighting, formability, performance, and structural integrity. With a reported in-service strength […]

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Novelis Develops New Aluminium Sheet Battery Enclosure Tailored For Electric Vehicles

Novelis Develops New Aluminium Sheet Battery Enclosure Tailored For Electric Vehicles

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. announced yesterday the development of a new and improved type of aluminium sheet battery enclosure designed for use in electric vehicles. A response to a need in the ballooning electric vehicle production market, this new battery enclosure is constructed of proprietary Novelis Advanz aluminium alloy products. The […]

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Novelis To Establish Global Network Of Automotive Aluminium Innovation Centers

Novelis To Establish Global Network Of Automotive Aluminium Innovation Centers

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis Inc. yesterday announced plans to establish a worldwide network of Customer Solution Centers (CSCs) in an effort at fostering greater cooperation between and among itself and automakers in ushering in the next generation of vehicle design. Per the firm’s press release, the CSCs will house researchers, designers, and […]

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Aluminium Demand In Automotive Sector To More Than Double By 2025: Novelis’ Labat

Aluminium Demand In Automotive Sector To More Than Double By 2025: Novelis’ Labat

In an interview with Reuters earlier this week, Pierre Labat, vice president of global automotive at Novelis, said that demand for aluminium by the automotive industry is projected to more than double over the course of the next seven years. Labat said in Thursday’s interview that aluminium is increasingly becoming the go-to metal to replace […]

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Novelis Inks Deal with Chinese Electric Automobile Maker NIO

Novelis Inks Deal with Chinese Electric Automobile Maker NIO

Atlanta’s rolled and recycled aluminium firm Novelis yesterday announced a partnership to provide its proprietary aluminium alloys to Shanghai electric automobile start-up firm NIO. The agreement has Novelis supplying to NIO its Novelis Advanz alloy to the Chinese automaker from its plant in Changzhou. Novelis aluminium will be used throughout NIO’s electric sport-utility vehicles, including […]

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