Objective Environmental wellbeing backed by increasingly severe legislation dictates that pollution and energy consumption by automobiles must be reduced significantly. The outcomes of this project will enable both these imperatives to be achieved simultaneously. The project aim is to establish production lines in Europe that manufacture components for lightweight complex-shaped automobile body structures that are significantly lighter and of comparable strength and stiffness to those currently available.This will be achieved by exploiting a new patented thermo-mechanical processing technology (HFQ) for sheet aluminium alloy that enables, for the first time, parts in heat treatable alloys to be produced to net-shape with maximum attainable mechanical properties. The life-cycle energy consumption of automobiles will be reduced; in the production stage, by the low energy requirements of HFQ, which is enhanced by the potential use of low cost recycled raw material and in the driving stage, by the reduced fuel consumption associated with lightweight vehicles. Reduced pollution is a natural corollary of low energy consumption.Exploitation of this groundbreaking technology will be achieved through refinement of its laboratory scale development by university, research institution and manufacturing SME collaboration, leading to production lines being established in Tier 1 companies. Two such lines are anticipated as an outcome of the project. In 8 year period, over 30 production lines will be established in Europe and over 1000 jobs could be created. It is expected that new Al-alloy body and chassis structures will be produced in a mass-production scale, with weight saving of over 40% for the Classes C&D and above segment vehicles (which are currently made of steel). Thus, 60% of cars could be made with Al-body and chassis structures, and the resultant fuel saving in car usage would be up to 23% on average. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionsocial sciencessocial geographytransportengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Programme(s) FP7-NMP - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and new Production Technologies Topic(s) NMP.2013.4.0-3 - From research to innovation: substantial steps forward in the industrial use of European intellectual assets, stimulating the use of newly developed materials and materials technologies by the industry Call for proposal FP7-NMP-2013-SME-7 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP-TP - Collaborative Project targeted to a special group (such as SMEs) Coordinator IMPERIAL COLLEGE OF SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE EU contribution € 747 730,40 Address South kensington campus exhibition road SW7 2AZ London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Shaun Power (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (15) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION DE LA INDUSTRIA NAVARRA Spain EU contribution € 286 400,00 Address Carretera de pamplona 1 31191 Cordovilla See on map Region Noreste Comunidad Foral de Navarra Navarra Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Mercedes Erice Velilla (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data DIAD GROUP SRL Italy EU contribution € 290 080,00 Address Via nicola fabrizi 136 10145 Torino See on map Region Nord-Ovest Piemonte Torino Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sonia Sereno (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data PAB COVENTRY Ltd United Kingdom EU contribution € 255 200,00 Address Charter avenue industrial estate CV4 8AU Coventry See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Vanessa Brazier (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TBZ - PARIV TECHNOLOGIEBERATUNGSZENTRUM PARALLELE INFORMATIONSVERARBEITUNG GMBH Germany EU contribution € 191 709,00 Address Bernsdorfer strasse 210-212 09126 Chemnitz See on map Region Sachsen Chemnitz Chemnitz Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Sylvia Krämer (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENTAND RESEARCH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Greece EU contribution € 127 400,00 Address Feidippidou 22 11527 Athens See on map Region Αττική Aττική Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Dimitrios Mekras (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HALL ROGER France EU contribution € 63 640,00 Address See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Roger Hall (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data IMPRESSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED United Kingdom EU contribution € 465 600,00 Address Unit e lyons park 46 sayer drive CV5 9PF Coventry See on map Region West Midlands (England) West Midlands Coventry Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact George Adam (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SC PLASMATERM SA Romania EU contribution € 107 200,00 Address Strada budiului 66a 540390 Targu mures See on map Region Macroregiunea Unu Centru Mureş Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Gyorgy Annamaria (Mrs.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data AUTOMATION, PRESS AND TOOLING, A.P.& T. 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