Implementation of Aluminum in High Volume Car Body Design and Manufacturing

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Implementation of Aluminum in High Volume Car Body Design & Manufacturing GALM, August 20, 2015

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Implementation of Aluminum in

High Volume Car Body Design &

Manufacturing

GALM, August 20, 2015

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Constellium: Three Business Units

9/16/2015 2

Aerospace and Transportation

€ 1.197 billion in revenues

#1 worldwide for aerospace plates

#1 in the USA for large coils

#2 worldwide in general engineering plates

Packaging and Automotive Rolled Products

€ 2.573* billion in revenues

#1 worldwide in closure stock

#2 in Europe for can body stock and #3 in North America

Major player in auto body sheet: #4 worldwide

Automotive Structures and Industry

€ 921 million in revenues

#1 in Europe for large profiles

#1 in Europe for hard alloy extrusions

#2 worldwide in crash management systems

* The combined unaudited pro forma revenue information for the year ended December 31, 2014 presented above gives effect to the acquisition of Wise as if it had occurred on January 1, 2014. This

information is presented for information purposes only and does not purport to represent what Constellium actual revenues would have been had the acquisition occurred on the date indicated, nor is it

necessarily indicative of future results.

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Constellium Automotive Structures

• Full range of alloys and processes to accommodate the OEM needs

• Major supplier of BiW structural parts in Europe and largest in North America

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Mercedes SL

Crashboxes (CMS)

Bumper beams

Longitudinals

Engine cradle/Subframe

Cockpit carrier

Bumper beams (CMS) Add-on frames

Structural

components (BiW)

Ford F-150

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© 2015 UACJ Corporation. All rights reserved. 4

Japanese BIW Market - UACJ Position

Customers: Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Mitsubishi, Subaru, Mazda

Applications: Skins, Panels, Reinforcements, Door Panels, etc.

Main

Models:Skyline

SAIPrius

Leaf Fuga Fairlady Z

Lexus Lexus Lexus Lexus

Roadstar

UACJ market share in Japan: 60%

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Response to the US BiW sheet demand:

Constellium – UACJ Joint Venture

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51% 49%

Combined customer portfolio

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New Constellium-UACJ plant in Bowling Green, KY

Devoted to aluminum automotive body sheet

240,000 square feet

Full portfolio of 5XXX and 6XXX alloys

In-line pretreatment and lubrication

Maximum width: 2200mm

Maximum gauge: 3.2mm

Separate coil completion line

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Continuous Annealing Line with Pre-Treatment

C. Annealing/SHT

Quenching

Ti/Zr

Conversion

Pre-Degreasing

R951

Pretreatment

BH Oven

Rinsing

Rinsing

Cleaning

Tension Leveling

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Key development driver: No compromises

SAFETY

LIGHTWEIGHTING

Elongation

Isotropy

Strength

Work

hardening

Energy

absorption

Thermal

stability

Paint bake

response

Ductiliy

Corrosion

resistance

STYLE

Hemming

Roping

Character

lines

DESIGN

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Design for weight savings: Stiffness

Stiffness dominated BIW

Combination of

membrane and through-

thickness bending

Increase through-

thickness bending

component

Strategic placement of

reinforcements

Limit buckling modes

Cantilever bending

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Steel

Aluminum

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Sheet or extrusions for BIW structures?

Open/Closed sections Easy to implement

closed sections

Open. Close sections

need assembly

Section type Complex, multiple

chambers

Multi-piece sections

necessary

Constant along part Variable along part

Component thickness Variable Constant

Features & fasteners Cost adder Easy to implement

Cycle time 2-6 spm 5-20 spm

Extruded components Sheet components

Sheet and extruded components are complementary, allowing

the optimization of the performance/cost equation

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Request from OEMs: skin alloys that allow very sharp character-lines

Combination of high work hardening @ high strains, coupled with bendability

Formability: Current designs require sharp lines

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Outer skin alloys requirements

In-service strength

(dent resistance)

Corrosion

resistance

Roping

Orange peel

Stretch forming &

Stretch bending (sharp lines)

Deep drawing

Hemming

Hole expansion

Ability to form the partIn-service performance

Constellium-UACJ development strategy for exterior BIW:

Stretching boundaries w/o sacrificing established design envelope

Current offer

HF variant

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All the formability criteria improved in reference with the incumbent Surfalex

Forming limit curve is improved, particularly in plane strain, which helps form

sharper character lines

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minor strain

+ 15%

Highly formable skin alloys for complex outer panels

Current

HF variant

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Bendability meeting highest OEM requirements

Prestrain // RD Prestrain // TD

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Summary

Sheet and extruded components will continue to share the car

design space in BIW construction.

Constellium and UACJ, established sheet suppliers in EU and

Japan, are expanding in the NA market.

Greenfield SHT facility in Bowling Green, KY, will start production in

2016, supplied by Constellium and UACJ mills.

Shared technological advancements focus on extending the range

of designs that can be achieved with high production methods.

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Thank you for your attention!

Please visit Constellium-UACJ at booth #23.