Rio Alcan sees growing demand for its new lightweight aluminum-lithium alloy to be used in the Bombardier CSeries airliner and the much larger Airbus XWB.
The company said its Dubuc Works in the Saguenay will get a $3-million investment to boost capacity of the alloy by 50 per cent. About 50 new jobs will be created to bring the plant’s payroll to 125.
The alloy is used for fuselage, wings and tail fins and it has lower assembly and maintenance costs, greater resistance to corrosion and fatigue and is recyclable, Rio Alcan said.
Alcoa Inc., the world leader in aluminum alloy aerospace products, last week announced an improved aluminum-lithium alloy designed for the new fuel-efficient airliners hitting the market in the next five or six years.
Bombardier has said it switched to aluminum-lithium alloys from composites for the CSeries main fuselage at the request of future airline buyers.
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