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The Gigacasting Newsletter

Weekly Newsletter about all things Gigacasting
& Magnesium Thixomolding

Author: Luca Greco, Founder and Editor in Chief of The Gigacasting Newsletter

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Weekly Gigacasting News 49

19/1/2025 - 25/1/2025. Volvo's first vehicle with megacastings and short megacasting analysis. Dongfeng's 16,000t machines tarts production battery trays. Duoli produced the first rear underbody Gigacasting for Leapmotor. Haitian and Bole close deal for nearly 100 magnesium thixomolding machines.

Luca Greco

Weekly Gigacasting News 48

22/12/2025 - 18/1/2026. ItalPresseGauss will deliver a 5,200 ton machine to BMW. Haitian Metal struck another deal for magnesium thixomolding machines. Magrathea and Wogen sign offtake distribution partnership. Jiangsu Mingmei starts mass producing components. Yizumi sells 12 die casting machines for magnesium parts production.

Luca Greco

Weekly Gigacasting News 47

1/12/2025 - 21/12/2025. New Tesla patent for aluminum recycling. FAW ramps up magnesium parts production. American domestic magnesium production. Volvo’s first 9,000 ton gigacasting machine in new pant. Bole Machinery completed the delivery of a new 2,000 ton magnesium Thixomolding machine. Tesla ramping p Cybercab casting production.

Luca Greco

New Patent Unveils How Tesla Can Rely Solely On Recycled Aluminum For Gigacasting Production

19/12/2025. Tesla has been using a lot of secondary aluminum at its Texan facility for the production of its Gigacastings. This new patent finally unveils how Tesla can manage such large amounts of recycled materials without compromising the quality of its castings.

Luca Greco

Weekly Gigacasting News 46

17/11/2025 - 30/11/2025. Waffer unveiled the world's largest magnesium thixomolding machine. High volume gigacasting production takes off in China. Volvo EX60 adopts "Tesla style" one-piece rear underbody Gigacasting. Changan Deepal L06 adopts Gigacastings. Mingmei new magnesium Thixomolding machine. Yizumi delivers 10,000 ton die casting machine.

Luca Greco

Volvo EX60 Adopts "Tesla Style" One-Piece Rear Underbody Gigacasting

26/11/2025. At Volvo’s Torslanda plant in Sweden, an 8,400 ton die casting machine is producing the single piece rear underbody megacasting for the upcoming all-electric EX60, the BEV successor to the XC60. Volvo’s first in-house Megacasting production is already ramping up ahead of the EX60’s world premiere on January 21.

Luca Greco