【SMM Aluminium Flash News】Lizhong Group: Its wholly-owned subsidiary plans to jointly build an innovation laboratory with a leading domestic new energy vehicle company.

Published: Jan 19, 2026 13:10

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Lizhong Group announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lizhong Alloy Group, has signed a "Strategic Cooperation Agreement for a Joint Innovation Laboratory" with a leading domestic new energy vehicle company. The two parties have decided to jointly establish the "Joint Innovation Laboratory." The Joint Innovation Laboratory is a consortium for technological cooperation between the two parties, aiming to rationally allocate talent and resources, fully leverage their respective technological advantages, jointly promote the research, development, and application of aluminum alloys for automobiles, and jointly advance the production and application of aluminum alloy components for automobiles.

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