Transportation

We supply the transportation industry with solutions based on aluminum extrusions, from mill-finished, long-length profiles to fully fabricated components.

We deliver lighter, safer and greener transportation solutions regardless of whether an order calls for a limited number of parts with a high degree of manual work, or a fully automated assembly line. Our aim is to function as a total manufacturing partner for companies, helping to develop attractive designs and cost-effective manufacturing methods.

Bus

Passenger safety is a chief concern both for you and for us. Aluminum has the excellent ability to manage impacts that can arise in traffic and the lighter weight allows a larger load.

Trailer

When you lighten your trailers with aluminum components, you not only get a safer ride but you get to carry more load, at a better fuel cost and with reduced fuel emissions.

Truck

By switching from heavier components over to aluminum, trucks become lighter. Lighter trucks mean lower costs and a better ecological footprint. Less weight, more freight.

Rail

Aluminum is one of the main materials used in train bodies. Modern trains use modern materials like aluminum to reduce mass and carbon dioxide emissions.

Marine

Aluminum can help shipbuilders obtain weight and production savings to improve the quality and efficiency of their vessels, without sacrificing structural strength.

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Floating floor for comfort on trains

A "floating floor" that combines aluminum with compounds can help make passenger train travelers more comfortable.

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Charge it with aluminum

Electric vehicles use lots of aluminum. Now the chargers that help power these cars are using aluminum, too. The Swedish company Chargestorm produces charging station solutions for electrical vehicles in collaboration with Hydro.

North America Resources

Need more information about our North American extrusion operations? Select from a variety of tools and resources specific to many of our North America locations. Hydro operates more than 23 locations across North America. How can extruded aluminum help your business?

Distribution

Hydro offers the industry’s largest choice of extruded shapes (standard and custom), seamless and structural pipe & tube, and standard and specialty rod and bar. Our North American network of production and supply facilities can satisfy all of your extrusion requirements. We have exceptional capabilities in extruded sizes, alloys and tempers, including both direct and indirect extrusion methods.

Improving freight efficiency by lightweighting heavy trucks

By JD Rutt, Hydro

New EN 12767 regulations for road safety will impact your choice of poles

By Bas van Boxtel, Hydro

Friction stir welding

Friction stir welding – increasing design freedom and cutting costs

By Wojciech Osikowicz, Hydro