Constellium Technology Center

Constellium’s innovation engine

C-TEC

Our International Scientific Council & collaborations

International Scientific CouncilNurturing our activities with new perspectives

Constellium’s International Scientific Council gathers several of the world’s top material scientists, and was created in 2013 to further strengthen the company’s technical leadership and innovation performance. The council provides advice and recommendations on:

Constellium’s R&D competencies Constellium’s innovation approach Important R&D collaborations worldwide Key future science & technology trends How to enrich the company’s scientific network

International scientific collaborationsPreparing the future

Collaborating with the academic world is essential to Constellium and C-TEC. At any given time, C-TEC enjoys around 40 collaborations with external, scientific partners. A few of our major scientific partners include:

USA: MIT, University of Southern Carolina, Worcester Polytechnic Institute UK: Brunel University, University of Manchester France: CNRS/University laboratories, IRT Jules Verne, IRT M2P Germany: RWTH Aachen Switzerland: EPFL Lausanne Netherlands: TU Delft

These partnerships serve many purposes, from sharing emerging knowledge, to exploring innovative concepts, and identifying new talent for C-TEC.

Prof. G. B. Olson Northwestern

University

Prof. Y. MurakamiKyushu University

Prof. P. Grant University of Oxford

Prof. F. Stellacci EPFL Lausanne

Prof. T. WierzbickiMIT

Prof. Y. BréchetGrenoble INP

Prof. H. Voggenreiter DLR Köln & Stuttgart and University of Stuttgart

Simon Laddychuk, Constellium’s Chief Technical Officer (CTO)

Why is C-TEC so special in the aluminium (Al) industry ?

Few players in our industry invest in a real R&D center at all, and at a significant and critical size. We continue to believe Al is the ideal solution for many markets. To remain a material of choice, more innovation around Al is required, both incrementally and with breakthroughs.C-TEC is the engine to deliver on this innovation.

What are the next big innovation challenges for your industry ?

In aero, composites remain the main challenger, although the industry is rethinking whether these suit all aircraft. And in this thinking process, Al continues to gain ground, but must innovate to remain at the forefront.

In auto, the big opportunity is the impressive demand and ramp up of Al for this industry. We have always believed that this will come, and now Al for the auto mass market is becoming reality – at an accelerated pace.

Our latest alloys already offer increased strength such as Strongalex®Plus and Securalex®HS for structural and crash applications together with extrusion based crash management systems. The challenge is to continue to increase formability, strength and energy absorption while meeting all the other technical requirements competitively. Lightweighting and recyclability are the key drivers.

What are other, longer term megatrends that you are looking at ?

We continue to believe in multi-material solutions, where Al is one part of the equation and is combined with other materials. This will allow moving the balance of properties to the next level. 3D printing / additive manufacturing is also something we follow closely. Last but not least Big Data and “the internet of things” will have an impact on our industry, and how we innovate.

Constellium’s CTO about innovation for ourcustomers

Innovation is the oxygen to nourish Constellium’s strategy. We live to develop innovative and high value-added aluminium products, for targeted markets in aerospace, automotive and packaging, covering a broad scope of applications.

C-TEC is Constellium’s Technology Center andthe birthplace of all our innovations.

We wish to be our customers’ premier choicefor innovative, next generation aluminiumsolutions. Thereby co-creation is key.

Innovation at our core

Recent Constellium innovations

ARMOR

2013

2010, 2012, ...AEROSPACE

SECURALEX®, SURFALEX ®

2010AUTOMOTIVE

HSA6 CMS* TECHNOLOGIES2014

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

2013

2013TRANSPORTATION

AUTOMOTIVE

FORMALEX®PLUS2013STRONGALEX®

SECURALEX®HS2014STRONGALEX®+

AUTOMOTIVE

* Crash Management System

C-TEC, Voreppe / France

C-TEC is Constellium’s Technology Center and a world leader in the premier league of research and technology complexes for aluminium and related solutions. A global citizen, operated by men and women from 20 countries, and well connected to all parts of Constellium, C-TEC focuses on three key areas:

Whilst new products and solutions are conceived and incubated in labs, C-TEC does not stop there. We have a unique set-up in the industry, where we can prototype new products at 1-to-1, industrial scale. C-TEC can manufacture an entire auto hood, test new designs for ready beverage cans or cast entire billets, in the breakthrough AIRWARE® pilot cast house. Thanks to this ‘lab to industrial scale’ approach innovations are fully tested and de-risked for our customers, to ensure they can be produced on time, quality and cost.

Customers also call upon C-TEC’s simulation and numerical modelling capabilities, to help develop and design their products, using our metal. Various options are tested to meet client specifications. This reduces development time and speeds up time to market.

C-TEC serves our customers globally and its sweet spot is in developing customized, innovative solutions.

Customers regularly visit us and you are more than welcome.

Welcome to C-TEC, welcome to innovation at Constellium!

Welcome to C-TEC, Constellium Technology Center

• R&D: to develop next generation products and solutions

• Technology: is dedicated to our transformation processes and to industrialize new products

• Engineering: sets standards for excellence in large capital projects and asset integrity

Recycling and molten metal processing

Casting and solidification

Physical and mechanical metallurgy

Surface treatment, coatings and corrosion

Process modelling (rolling, finishing, extrusion)

Product modelling and design • Integrated metallurgical modelling of alloys • Structural application design, e.g. aerospace

Joining & forming

C-TEC: key facts and figures

LocationVoreppe, near GrenobleFrance

R&T spending:

Core competencies & special equipment

... and we continue significant investments in R&D.

42million Euro

2013

42million Euro

2014

43million Euro

2015 TARGET

Physical materials characterization & testing, chemical analysis and microstructural characterization, e.g. • Non-destructive, phased array ultrasonic testing • Large scale tensile and fatigue testing rig (2500 kN)

Prototyping at industrial scale, e.g. • Friction stir welding • Breakthrough AIRWARE®

pilot casthouse

260 Full-time employees

22 Nationalities

Note: overall Constellium scope.

20 patents filed in 2014, highest since 2004.

Innovation performance indicators:SALES FROM INNOVATION:

4.5%2012

9.3%2013

13%2014

Innovating for our strategic end markets

AEROSPACEWhere innovation takes flight

The introduction of C-TEC’s AIRWARE® family, in 20xx alloys, has been a game-changer in the aerospace sector. Having mastered the optimal balance of properties, significant gains can be achieved, be it on weight, build rate and in-service maintenance. Aerospace manufacturers, like Airbus, Bombardier and SpaceX, have quickly seized the potential of AIRWARE®.

C-TEC is now focused on taking AIRWARE® to the next level, with gradual improvements for derivative programs and radical innovations for next-generation aircraft. We are also heavily investigating in new manufacturing techniques. Our ultimate goal is to provide a complete solution that can be efficient in-flight and efficiently industrialized.

PACKAGINGCreating out-of-the box solutions

For packaging, C-TEC has a particular focus on process improvements to optimize cans and closures that offer differentiation to both customer and consumer. For beverages, we adapted the traditional can stock alloy to the specific needs of the new aluminium bottle. In partnerships with manufacturers, we bring innovative aesthetic and functional attributes to aluminium closures. Recycling remains a strong trend. This is why we develop new sorting and recycling technologies to expand our end-of-life scrap sourcing.

AUTOMOTIVEHelping to drive the future C-TEC has developed world-class sheet alloys and process routes for outer skin, forming optimized closure inners and high strength structural and crash alloys. In addition to alloys, we provide complete solutions for the conversion from steel to aluminium. These include advanced enabling technologies for forming or joining.

Future developments include closed-loop recycling in manufacturing and efficient recovery from end-of-life vehicles. Naturally high-end car manufacturers will not compromise on design freedom, safety or aesthetics. This means continued pressure to develop alloys with ever-better formability, higher strength and which absorb more energy.

Constellium Technology Center

Constellium’s innovation engine Constellium Technology Center

Constellium’s innovation engine

C-TEC

Constellium Headquarters

Tupolevlaan 41-611119 NW, Schiphol-RijkThe NetherlandsPhone: +31 20 654 9780

Constellium Corporate Offices

830 Third Avenue, 9th floorNew York, NY 10022United StatesPhone: +1 212 675 5026

Washington Plaza40-44, rue Washington75008 ParisFrancePhone: +33 1 73 01 46 00

Max Hoegger-Strasse 68048 ZurichSwitzerlandPhone: +41 44 438 66 00

C-TEC

Constellium Technology CenterParc Economique Centr'Alp725 rue Aristide BergèsCS 1002738341 Voreppe Cedex FrancePhone : +33(0) 4 76 57 80 00ctec@constellium.com

www.constellium.com/ctec

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