PSW Group, a global leader in high-quality, low-carbon aluminum and magnesium products, officially opened its High Integrity Diecasting Center (HIDC) at the Magretech plant in Bellevue, Ohio. The more than $3 million investment places semi-solid casting R&D, engineering, and prototyping at the core of PSW’s strategy to accelerate low carbon, high integrity light metal innovation.
“As customers demand lighter, stronger, and lower carbon components, HIDC’s semi solid platform unlocks superior quality, efficiency and speed to market,” said Dr. Tao Wang, global head of Products and Sustainability, PSW. “By integrating advanced semi solid technologies with our global R&D, we accelerate alloy development while reducing production emissions.”
PSW specializes in high-quality, low carbon aluminum and magnesium products for mobility, industrial, and emerging applications. The company combines advanced metallurgy, sustainable manufacturing, and a global R&D network to deliver performance and environmental value across the supply chain.
Built on the company’s global R&D network and decades of light metal innovation, this new HIDC focuses on advanced high-pressure die casting and semi-solid casting for aluminum and magnesium. The center is equipped with state-of-the-art semi-solid technologies, including Comptech and RSS for aluminum and thixotropic piston injection (TPI) for magnesium.
Notably, HIDC is one of the few semi solid casting centers in North America offering both aluminum and magnesium semi solid capabilities alongside conventional and structural high-pressure die casting. These capabilities include product prototyping, process development and optimization, and new product introduction and pilot-to-production scaling. Thus, the HIDC gives OEMs, Tier 1s, and die casters the ability to trial, develop, test and optimize new aluminum and magnesium alloys in different liquid and semi-solid casting technologies and evaluate the best combination for their specific products and applications.
“The HIDC enhances our U.S. manufacturing footprint and shortens time to market for next generation components,” added Dr. Wang. “It’s a pivotal step in our roadmap to low carbon, high integrity light metal systems.”