Alcan treads lightly with new alloys for C Series, A350
Aluminum maker Alcan Global Aerospace has won two major contracts on the new Airbus A350 XWB and the Bombardier C Series aircraft for which it will supply

Aluminum maker Alcan Global Aerospace has won two major contracts on the new Airbus A350 XWB and the Bombardier C Series aircraft for which it will supply light alloys from its new Airware range. Airware combines technologies and services to improve metal performance, reduce cost and facilitate recycling. The contracts allow Alcan (Hall 3 Stand B26a) to invest approximately $55 million in upgrading its facilities in Issoire and Voreppe, France.

For Airbus, the company will supply light alloys, such as aluminum-lithium, for A350 wing structural parts, CEO Christophe Villemin told AIN. The materials will be in the form of sheets and extrusions. For Bombardier, it will provide Airware plates, some of them pre-machined, for the C Series’ fuselage.