Objective The European forging industry as an industry with about 1,000 SMEs and 135,000 direct work places experiences fierce cost-price competition in the global market. For the forging companies, there is thus a distinct need to stay ahead by developing into a super specialist and/or co-maker, rather than to be rendered into a jobber. Being governed mainly by the automotive industry, their market is further characterised by the continuous need for weight saving in order to meet commitments and legislation on fuel economy and emission reduction. Since the prevailing material for forging is still steel, there is a clear opportunity to specialise in the processing of light-metals. The project addresses the issue of weight reduction of structural components by using magnesium (being 75% lighter than steel and 35% lighter than aluminium). Overall goal of the project is to provide tailored and cost-effective technologies for the industrial manufacturing of magnesium forged components. Fields of science natural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkaline earth metalsengineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringautomotive engineeringnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrypost-transition metalsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuels Keywords Forging lightweight components magnesium Programme(s) FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) SME-2 - Collective Research (all areas of science and technology) Call for proposal FP6-2004-SME-COLL See other projects for this call Funding Scheme Collective - SMEs-Collective research projects Coordinator NETHERLANDS ORGANISATION FOR APPLIED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH - TNO EU contribution No data Address SCHOEMAKERSTRAAT 97 2628 VK DELFT Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (22) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASSOCIATION FRANCAISE DE FORGE France EU contribution No data Address 39-41 rue Louis Blanc 92400 COURBEVOIE See on map Total cost No data DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FUER MATERIALKUNDE Germany EU contribution No data Address Senckenberganlage 10 FRANKFURT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH METALFORMING United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address 47 Birmingham Road WEST BROMWICH See on map Total cost No data SVAZ KOVAREN CESKE REPUBLIKY (CZECH FORGING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION) Czechia EU contribution No data Address Technologicka 372/2 OSTRAVA See on map Total cost No data RAZVOJNI CENTER ORODJARSTVA SLOVENIJE Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Kidriceva 25 CELJE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION ESPANOLA DE FABRICANTES DE EQUIPOS Y COMPONENTES PARA AUTOMOCION Spain EU contribution No data Address Castello, 120 MADRID See on map Total cost No data GOSPODARSKO INTERESNO ZDRUZENJE ACS, SLOVENSKI AVTOMOBILSKI GROZD (AUTOMOTIVE CLUSTER OF SLOVENIA) Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Dimiceva 9 LJUBLJANA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data NONFERRO METAALNIJVERHEID Belgium EU contribution No data Address Guldendal 17 MECHELEN See on map Total cost No data FORGIALLUMINIO 3 S.R.L. 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