# Alucast secures £3m in new automotive lightweighting contracts

Alucast, a UK aluminium foundry, secured over £3 million in new contracts from car makers for lightweight components. To cope with expansion, it opened additional 7,000 sq ft of machining space adjacent to its Wednesbury headquarters and invested £400,000 in three 5-axis CNC machines.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-06-19
- Where: Wednesbury, West Midlands, United Kingdom
- Value: $3.80M (3.00M GBP)
- Jobs: 10
- Status: announced
- Products: aluminium castings, lightweight automotive components
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Alucast](https://endata.com/companies/40108.md)
- [Alucast](https://endata.com/companies/40108.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [man-group.co.uk](https://www.man-group.co.uk/taking-the-weight-out-of-the-equation-delivers-3m-contract-boost/), 2019-06-19: "This is now paying off with £3m of new contracts secured in the last twelve months alone, with the promise of a lot more to come if we continue to invest in our capabilities."
- [autotechinsight.spglobal.com](https://autotechinsight.spglobal.com/news/5250336/alucast-wins-contract-from-carmakers-for-lightweight-aluminum-casting-solutions), 2019-06-21: "UK-based aluminum casting supplier Alucast has secured new contracts worth more than GBP3 million (USD3.8 million) from carmakers."
- [middleeastmetals.ir](https://middleeastmetals.ir/en/news/5341/taking-the-weight-out-of-the-equation-delivers-%C2%A33m-contract-boost), 2019-07-20: "Alucast has secured over £3m of new contracts from car makers keen to explore ways of reducing weight on future models."

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