Overview

In recent years, digitalization has become increasingly relevant in the industrial sector, including at AMAG. This is driven by growing demand for higher-quality products, greater sustainability, optimized processes and reduced energy consumption. Companies that seize on these opportunities and systematically implement corresponding measures at an early stage are in a position to make their production processes more efficient, more sustainable and, therefore, more competitive.

In the world of modern architecture, innovative material technologies, avant-garde design and sustainable strategies come together to create a fascinating symbiosis that constantly redefines the limits of what is possible.

The aviation industry faces an immense challenge: to improve its climate footprint, it must drastically reduce its carbon emissions.

Exterior body materials for automotive applications must meet high standards across various disciplines, including surface quality, corrosion resistance, weldability, adhesive bonding capability, and strength.

In addition to density, strength, fracture mechanical properties and corrosion resistance, the stiffness of the material plays a crucial role in the component design, particularly in case of lightweight construction.

Mathematical modelling and computational analyses allow to deepen the understanding of manufacturing processes, to ensure high quality of AMAG`s products and to reduce experimental efforts for the improvement of product properties and production processes.

AluReport: Dr. Fragner, this issue of AluReport focuses on aluminium research and development. Is there actually anything left to improve? Haven’t we researched more or less everything possible?

The EU digital product passport (DPP) is an initiative launched by the European Union. It is scheduled for phased implementation from 2027 onwards and will require numerous products sold in the EU to have a digital product passport.

An interview with Prof. Peter Uggowitzer - AluReport: As a long-standing member of the Supervisory Board, and in particular as Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, you will undoubtedly have followed AMAG’s development very closely. How would you assess the company’s current level of scientific expertise compared to the situation a decade and a half ago? PU: In response to your first comment, I’d like to say that I’ve been connected to AMAG through professional and personal contacts since 2007, so for 17 years now, and have followed the development of the company’s R&D activities very closely over this period. If I had to give the company a grade for the progress it has made in developing its scientific expertise over the last decade and a half, it would have to be “outstanding”.

The world of heat exchangers is evolving rapidly, with new and increasingly complex geometries emerging all the time. At the same time, there is a growing focus on cost-efficient solutions that are also environmentally friendly. This makes the development of a flux-free brazing material for controlled atmosphere brazing an incredibly exciting and important challenge.

Approaches to tackling decarbonization by increasing scrap utilization and switching to renewable energy sources influence the entire process chain for producing sheets and plates.

AluReport: Ms. Trampitsch, the topic of sustainability is ever-present nowadays. But how do we actually measure a company’s sustainability?