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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
24/11/2025. Xpeng's 1,000,000th and Xiaomi's 500,000th vehicle roll off the production line with the support of Gigacastings.
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.
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.
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.
22/10/2025. The construction of the die casting shop at Lexus' new factory in Shanghai, China has officially started.
29/9/2025 - 19/10/2025. First look at world's largest magnesium Thixomolding machine. Dongfeng starts the world largest die casting machine. Tesla first western fully automated gigacasting production line. Baowu Magnesium to sell more magnesium products to Seres in the near future.
15/10/2025. Dongfeng Motor has started producing the first battery trays with its new 16,000 ton die casting machine.
13/10/2025. Haitian shared the first picture of its 7,000 ton magnesium thixomolding machine.
15/9/2025 - 28/9/2025. Volkswagen embraces gigacasting. Tesla high volume panel assembly patent. FAW magnesium thixomolding production base. More magnesium thixomolding capacity built in China. Tesla aluminum recycling. Li Auto i6 adopts gigacasting.
25/9/2025. At the IAA Mobility 2025 event Volkswagen announced the adoption of Gigacasting for several upcoming entry-level EVs.
1/9/2025 - 14/9/2025. First look at BYD's 9000T Gigacasting process. Study finds Gigacasting to be more economical to repair than traditional body construction. Confirmed: The sub-assemblies for Tesla’ unboxed process were spotted at Fremont. Wencan is set to become China's dominant Gigacasting supplier.
10/9/2025. Wardsauto reports in an exclusive interview that a two year study by Thatcham Research suggests Gigacastings bring benefits to automakers, consumers and their insurers.
8/9/2025. BYD Executives share new information regarding BYD's Gigacasting technology
25/8/2025 - 31/8/2025. Progress at Volvo's Kosice Gigacasting plant, 9,000 ton Giga Press. Dongfeng Motor’s Gigacasting Plant Enters Trial Production, 16,000 ton Giga Press. The Refreshed Xpeng P7 Adopts New Front and Rear Gigacastings.
18/8/2025 - 24/8/2025. New Tesla Model Y L. Possible Cybercab rear assembly spotted at Fremont factory. Yizumi-DGS partnership for magnesium thixomolding improvement. Leapmotor and FAW collaborate on magnesium products.
4/8/2025 - 17/8/2025. Ford universal EV production system with gigacastings. Magnesium thixomolding white paper. FAW thixomolding factory.
28/7/2025 - 3/8/2025. Tesla's Giga Press supplier, LK forms strategic partnership for magnesium humanoid robot components. Asiaway inaugurates 5000 ton die casting machine in Mexico. Nemak acquires GF Casting Solutions.
14/7/2025 - 27/7/2025. China enters the Magnesium Era. Xiaomi releases first Gigacasting magnesium alloy patent. Yizumi first magnesium Thixomolding Gigacasting machine. Haitian 7,000T magnesium Thixomolding machine. New Tesla Model Y L. US Gov published a bulletin on critical minerals from desalination waste brines.
7/7/2025 - 13/7/2025. Nio and Zeekr unveil two new models with Gigacastings as a key component of their safety architecture. A new magnesium Thixomolding chips supplier was born in North America. Dongguan Eontec starts 3,000T Thixomolding machine. Onvo L90. Zeekr 9X. Magpro LLC.
