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14:16
29th March 2018
Tailpipe dreams - what is a sustainable vehicle?

Aluminium from cans to sustainable vehicles

‘We should stop the manufacture of primary aluminium tomorrow – why aren’t we recycling scrap aluminium?’ – Prof. Geoff Scamans

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Prof. Geoff Scamans Chief Scientific Officer, Innoval Technology
Geoff Scamans is the Chief Scientific Officer at Innoval Technology and is a Professor of Metallurgy at Brunel University. His expertise is in light metals and their applications in the automotive and aerospace industries, and in knowledge transfer from the research base to industry. His main interests are in developing higher performance aluminium alloys and in the closed loop recycling of end-of-life aluminium alloys as an alternative to primary production in order to transform the aluminium industry from packaging based products into transport based products.