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Ford Casts Over 5,000 Fathom Unicastings Ahead Of 2027 Launch
1/11/2026. Ford casts over 5,000 Fathom Unicastings at Shelbyville ahead of 2027 launch
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Nov 1, 2026
Leggera Started Installation of America’s Largest Magnesium Thixomolding Machine
26/10/2026. Bole holds the North America launch for the first 2,500-ton thixomolding machine with Leggera Technologies; installation is under way in Michigan.
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Oct 26, 2026
Volvo's EX60 Megacasting Runs Around the Clock at Torslanda
26/10/2026. Volvo Cars has been mass producing the EX60 aluminium rear Gigacasting at Torslanda on two Bühler 8,400 ton cells since April.
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Oct 26, 2026
BMW's New X5 Picks Two Nemak-Cast Rear Rails Over a Megacasting
25/10/2026. BMW presented the new X5 rear underbody with two cast aluminium rails instead of a one-piece megacasting, made by Nemak.
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Oct 26, 2026
Toyota's Gigacasting Plant In Shanghai Takes Shape
18/10/2026. Toyota CTO Hiroki Nakajima says Toyota is developing the technology itself and testing it in Japan ahead of the 2027 start of production in Shanghai.
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Oct 18, 2026
Duoli's Jintan Gigacasting Plant Develops Rear Underbodies For SAIC And GM
12/10/2026. Three 9,000 ton Gigacasting machines at full load, up to 35,000 rear underbodies a month and yield above 90%: Duoli's Jintan plant now turns from EV start-ups to SAIC and GM.
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Oct 12, 2026
US And Brazil Open Sunset Reviews Of Anti-Dumping Duties On Chinese Magnesium
11/10/2026. Washington and Brasília are deciding whether to keep their duties on Chinese magnesium, just as new Western primary supply tries to get off the ground.
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Oct 11, 2026
Verde Magnesium Wins EU Strategic Project Status For Magnesium Processing In Romania
11/10/2026. Brussels now backs Verde's Romanian magnesium project from the brucite mine to metal processing, but the EU money to start the first plant in Beiuș has not arrived yet.
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Oct 11, 2026
Waffer Technology's 7,000-Ton Thixomolding Machines Started Small Volume Production
7/10/2026. Waffer Technology told investors on 29 September 2026 that its 7,000-tonne dual-injection thixomolding machine has passed testing. This is the world's largest magnesium thixomolding machine, larger than Tesla's first Gigacasting machine.
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Oct 7, 2026
Estes Energy To Bring Large Magnesium Thixomolding To America
27/07/2026. San Francisco–based Estes Energy Solutions emerged from stealth after what it describes as the first commercial shipment of its Magnus battery platform — and with it, a public bet on magnesium alloy battery shells formed by thixomolding.
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Jul 27, 2026
