Aluminium rail coaches: Hindalco ropes in Italian firm Metra for extrusion tech ‘The partnership is aimed at sharing extrusion and fabrication technology for building high-speed aluminium rail coaches’
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Hindalco Industries, the world's largest aluminium rolling and recycling company, on Tuesday said it has signed a technology partnership agreement with Italy-based Metra to manufacture high-speed aluminium rail coaches. The Aditya Birla group company in a statement said the partnership is aimed at sharing extrusion and fabrication technology for building high-speed aluminium rail coaches."We are pleased to join forces with Metra to introduce a new era of aluminium extrusions for passenger trains in India," said Mr. Satish Pai, Managing Director of Hindalco Industries. "This is in line with our capability building for aluminium in commercial vehicles, freight wagons, electric vehicles and passenger train applications.
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