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aluNID®, a leading brand in the aluminium honeycomb market, regularly collaborates with Formula Student teams from universities worldwide. This prestigious motorsport competition for university students promotes engineering excellence, challenging each team to design and build a single-seater race car to compete against other universities.

On Tuesday, November 21st, the ARUS Andalucía Racing Team appeared on El Hormiguero, the popular Antena 3 television show, to showcase their prototype car, built using aluNID®. This vehicle has competed in the annual Formula Student competition, also known as the « University Formula 1. »

aluNID® has been supporting the ARUS team since its inception by donating aluminium honeycomb for the monocoque chassis of their fully electric and autonomous vehicle. Additionally, aluNID® has provided impact attenuators, significantly enhancing the efficiency, safety, and performance of their race cars.

For years, aluNID® has collaborated with numerous universities, highlighting the crucial role of aluNID® material in Formula Student cars, particularly in tensile strength and structural resistance, as well as its wide range of applications in engineering and motorsports.

El Hormiguero aimed to showcase the talented engineering students from the Higher Technical School of Engineering of Seville, who have successfully transformed aluNID® honeycomb into a high-performance Formula 1-style race car.

As a proud partner of Formula Student teams, aluNID® continues to support advancements in engineering, new materials, and electric vehicles, reaffirming its commitment to innovation and the education of future generations of engineers.

ALUCOAT, a leading company in aluminium coating, has taken a significant step by joining the United Nations Global Compact. This global initiative promotes the adoption of responsible business principles in key areas such as human rights, decent work, environmental protection, and the fight against corruption.

With this commitment, ALUCOAT reinforces its dedication to sustainability and social responsibility. ALUCOAT will integrate the ten principles of the Global Compact, along with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), into its corporate strategy and operations. This includes implementing best practices throughout the aluminium value chain, developing environmentally friendly products, continuously improving operational processes to reduce its ecological footprint, integrating labour policies that ensure employee well-being, and advancing as a responsible and transparent company aligned with the highest sustainability standards.

Joining the Global Compact also opens new opportunities for ALUCOAT, such as access to a global network of collaboration with other companies, NGOs, and governments, as well as benefiting from educational resources and specialised tools to further integrate sustainability into its operations. Moreover, this commitment strengthens ALUCOAT’s reputation among customers, investors, and stakeholders, positioning the company as a benchmark in innovation, efficiency, and responsibility within the industrial sector.

ALUCOAT is committed to contributing to a fairer and more transparent market in the long term, demonstrating its leadership in the industry and promoting business practices that benefit both people and the planet.