Approximately 90 FIA members gathered at FIA’s annual meeting in Fort Worth, Texas, to engage the issues of the day in the forging industry.

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), a U.S. joint venture, plans to further expand its production facilities to meet the rising demand in North America for aluminum forged suspension products.

Given that aluminum and its alloys offer numerous advantages over many other metals, it is not surprising that inquiries about induction billet-heating equipment increasingly involve the heating of aluminum alloys.

The Hirschvogel Automotive Group, headquartered in Denklingen, Germany, will expand its global presence by setting up a new plant in Mexico.

Germany’s Otto Fuchs ordered a hydraulic closed-die forging press from the SMS group in an effort to expand its portfolio of extra-large, premium-grade forgings.

Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), a supplier to the automotive industry, will invest $57 million in its Bowling Green, Ky., facility.

Alcoa’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate into two independent, publicly traded companies.

Exova Group signed a three-year deal with The Ulven Companies to provide mechanical, chemical and metallography testing services.

Alcoa will roll out its lightest heavy-duty truck wheel in Europe to help fleets increase payload and fuel efficiency.

Kobe Steel’s U.S. joint venture, Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (KAAP), increased its production capacity of forged-aluminum products for automotive suspension systems by 50%.