The Hindu Business Line : Meet to focus on benefits of aluminium use in auto sector

Pune, Nov. 5 The Aluminium Association of India (AAI) and International Aluminum Institute (IAI) along with European Aluminium Association (EAA) and The Aluminium Association of the US would be holding a conference in Pune to attract the attention of the Indian automotive industry.

Based on the theme ‘Sustainable Aluminium and Transport Light-Weighting’, the conference — to be held on November 11 — would showcase the role that aluminium light-weighting can play in enabling the transportation industry, vehicle and component manufacturers to meet their sustainability objectives of fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions reduction. According to the Aluminium Association of India’s Honorary General Secretary, Prof K.S.S. Murthy, the conference would address some of the growing concerns of a fast developing nation such as India. He said that in India, where transportation was still not considered cheap, nearly 10 million vehicles were added on to the roads, increasing the vehicular density. The transportation sector, he said, is one of the biggest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions.

A clean technology, like improving the fuel efficiency, will drastically help reduce emission levels.

He pointed out that light-weighting is considered one of the solutions to improve fuel efficiency of vehicles. In the process, CO2 emissions are also reduced.

For instance, every 100 kg saved on the mass of a car is equivalent to a reduction of 9 grams of CO2 per km through emissions.

He said that the Indian automobile industry needs to adopt clean and new technology for multiple benefits such as conservation of energy and care for the environment.

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