Emily Evans

Emily has a degree from Durham University. With a passion for cars from a young age, she was eager to enter her family's business at 21 to drive the automotive division to leverage all group capabilities. She brings a fresh mind and outlook to metal processing in the industry and hopes to lead Tier 1 support with innovation and collaboration.

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Presentation

The beauty of lightweighting

Three commonly discussed topics are design trends, sustainability and lightweighting. They are all isolated challenges within themselves, where we as experts in metal processing are relied on to contextualize them into one deliverable concept. We will discuss how the implementation of digitally and optimally designed components reduces not only mass and embodied carbon but also tooling cost and lead times. We look to translate practices traditionally associated with low-volume builds, for mass-production competitiveness. We will also stress the importance of an OEM supplier communication shift from buyer to engineer to enable the uptake of these new structures, be it functional or a new aesthetic trend.