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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

Significant Milestones For The Chinese Electric Vehicle Industry

24/11/2025. Xpeng's 1,000,000th and Xiaomi's 500,000th vehicle roll off the production line with the support of Gigacastings.

Luca Greco

Waffer Unveils World's Largest Magnesium Thixomolding Machine

17/11/2025. Waffer technology and Haitian unveil the world's largest 7,000 tons magnesium thxomolding machine and a new R&D center with 5 machines for magnesium semi solid forming.

Luca Greco

Weekly Gigacasting News 45

3/11/2025 - 16/11/2025. First look at Tesla's unboxed manufacturing process. Bole delivers its first magnesium thixomolding machine in Europe. GF Casting Solutions first shot of 6100 ton Gigacasting machine. Idra delivers more machines to SWD.

Luca Greco

Weekly Gigacasting News 44

20/10/2025 - 2/11/2025. Toyota’s Gigacasting ambitions take shape in China. Changan invests in large magnesium thixomolding technology. Die casting for mass manufacturing humanoid robots.

Luca Greco