Carbon-fiber composites offer a variety of advantages for car and truck manufacturers, including lighter weight, better corrosion resistance and higher impact strength than aluminum and steel.

State-of-the-art screwdriving technology is enabling automakers to maximize their use of friction-drilling screws.

Carbon nanotube wiring is light, strong and efficient in transmitting electrical current.

There's no mistaking the specialty of Tier 1 supplier American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM). This company designs and manufactures driveline and drivetrain systems for light trucks, SUVs, crossover vehicles and passenger cars.

For decades, automobiles have depended on 12-volt electrical systems. But, that’s about to go the way of chrome bumpers, hood ornaments and running boards.

New design optimizes crimped connections to aluminum wire for automotive applications.

Lightweighting has been a hot topic in the auto industry for many years.

A new technology combines the advantages of adhesives and threaded fasteners for assembling composite materials.

ROCKY HILL, CT—Novelis, a manufacturer of automotive aluminum sheet, and Henkel Adhesive Technologies have agreed to collaborate on the development of advanced bonding technologies for aluminum in high-volume vehicles.

Rivets, screws and other joining processes play a key role behind the new F-150.