Accelerated Implementation of the Magnesium Alloy Industry: Enterprise Breakthroughs and Urban Layouts Jointly Outline the Blueprint for Lightweight Development [SMM Domestic Analysis]

Fuwai Wheel Magnesium Alloy Base Achieves Large-Scale Production Capacity, Secures Multiple Orders Through Business Cooperation

The construction of the Fuwai Wheel Magnesium Alloy Base has recently made significant progress. The four core modules, including the 850T injection island unit, CNC unit, deburring unit, and cleaning unit, have been fully installed and individually debugged, and on August 6th, a successful automated process debugging with parts was achieved. This marks that the Fuwai Wheel Magnesium Alloy Factory officially possesses the large-scale production capacity for bracket-type products, laying a hardware foundation for the sustainable development of the base. Under the strategic guidance of senior company leadership, the project team, combining current production realities with phase two and three capacity planning goals, scientifically and efficiently optimized the deployment of the production line, setting the stage for future capacity ramp-up and diversified product manufacturing.​

As production conditions mature, Fuwai Wheel's market expansion has also made progress. Since September, the company has reached cooperation intentions and signed several supply agreements with multiple industry clients, with products to be supplied to well-known car models; meanwhile, active discussions are ongoing with several mainstream original equipment manufacturers.​

Fuwai Wheel stated that in the future, it will continuously enhance supply chain security and product delivery capabilities, promote the large-scale application of magnesium alloy lightweight technology in more fields, and strive to become a trusted partner for green and sustainable material applications.​

Great Wall Motor Wins Six Awards at Automotive Lightweighting Conference, Pioneers Semi-Solid Magnesium Alloy Application

On September 19th, news came from the 2025 (18th) Automotive Lightweighting Conference that Great Wall Motor won six awards with its "Next-Generation Super High-Performance Auto Body" and a series of innovative technologies, becoming the "Grand Slam" winner among the concurrent body conference and lightweight design competition. Among these, the "Semi-Solid Injection Magnesium Alloy C-Ring" received an innovation achievement award.

The competing auto body featured an instrument panel frame and C-ring structural components made of magnesium alloy, applying industry-leading semi-solid injection molding technology to the C-ring structural components, which reduced weight by 28% compared to the previous aluminum alloy solution and increased the torsional stiffness of the body by 197Nm/°. Currently, Great Wall Motor is the first in the industry to apply semi-solid magnesium alloy materials to body structural components.

Liuzhou Hosts Lightweighting Exchange Seminar, Focusing on Full-Chain Magnesium Alloy Industry Development

On September 19th, the Liuzhou "Lightweight New Journey, Magnesium Blueprint" Lightweighting Exchange Seminar was held at the Liugang Technology Center. The meeting, centered on promoting lightweight development through new material applications, invited leading enterprises in related industries in Liuzhou and high-quality representatives from upstream and downstream magnesium industries across the country, such as Baowu Magnesium, to engage in brainstorming sessions and precisely match cooperation needs. Currently, Liuzhou is leveraging expert resources to address the bottlenecks in the entire chain from "material R&D - process innovation - vehicle application" to overcome key obstacles in the industrialization of magnesium alloy materials.

In terms of development path, in recent years, Liuzhou has consistently prioritized the new materials industry as a key direction for strengthening, supplementing, and extending the industry chain. On the material production side, Liuzhou supports enterprises such as Liugang in exploring magnesium alloy material production, promoting the local magnesium alloy industry chain to be built from scratch; on the application R&D side, it encourages companies like SAIC-GM-Wuling, Guangxi Automobile Group, and LiuGong to develop lightweight technology, facilitating the breakthrough of replacing aluminum with magnesium, laying a solid foundation for industrial upgrading.

The meeting introduced that the NEV industry is currently experiencing explosive growth, and "lightweighting" has become the core competitiveness determining the driving range, energy efficiency, and safety performance of vehicles. As a "21st-century green engineering material," magnesium alloy, with a density only two-thirds that of aluminum, combines high strength and low cost, making it the "key" to solving the challenge of automotive lightweighting.

Recently, the domestic magnesium alloy industry has made significant progress in technological breakthroughs, capacity implementation, and regional layout, becoming an important force in driving the lightweight transformation of the automotive and other industries. At the enterprise practice level, FAW Wheel's magnesium alloy base has achieved critical progress, with four core modules completing debugging and achieving automated process debugging with parts, officially acquiring the capability for large-scale production of bracket products. Meanwhile, business cooperation is thriving, with supply agreements signed with multiple customers, indicating a promising market outlook; in terms of regional industrial layout, Liuzhou is supporting enterprises such as Liugang in building the magnesium alloy production chain, encouraging companies like SAIC-GM-Wuling to break through the application of replacing aluminum with magnesium, and combining expert resources to address the bottlenecks in the entire chain from "material R&D - process innovation - vehicle application." Against the backdrop of the explosive growth of the NEV industry, lightweighting has become the core competitiveness, and magnesium alloy materials, with their low density and high strength, are accelerating to become the key solution to the challenge of lightweighting through enterprise innovation and urban industrial planning.