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International Conference: Innovative Developments for Lightweight Vehicle Structures

The international conference “Innovative Developments for Lightweight Vehicle Structures” that is organised by Volkswagen Group Research and will be held at the Autovision Forum in Wolfsburg (Germany) on the 26th and 27th of May 2009.

26 May 2009 - 27 May 2009
Austria
The conference is targeted to experts from carmakers, tier-1 and tier-2 suppliers, R&D centres as well as EUCAR and the European Commission.

Different aspects of lightweight multi-material vehicles will be covered, from concepts design and optimisation to forming and joining technologies, life-cycle assessment and recyclability. As well, at the end of the conference further developments and research needs and challenges will also be presented and discussed.

The Conference will cover the main achievements of the European project SuperLIGHT-CAR, in which 38 leading European organisations have contributed to the development of lightweight multimaterial car body structures. One of the highlights of the Conference will be the premiere of the complete SuperLIGHT-CAR prototype Body-in-White structure.For more information, please refer to www.superlightcar.com/conference
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