AMAG ships first ASI chain-of-custody aluminium to carmaker Audi

Austria Metall AG (AMAG), a producer of aluminium cast and flat rolled material has shipped its first aluminium certified under the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) chain of custody standard, the company has said, with the customer being German carmaker Audi.

The metal has been sent to the Audi plant in Neckarsulm, Germany, and will be used for the outer body sheet of the tailgate for the A6 Avant model.
The order not only represents its first-ever sale of ASI-certified materials, the Austrian company said, but also marks its debut as a supplier of outer body sheets for the Audi A6 series.

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