DETROIT—Lightweight Innovations For Tomorrow (LIFT) recently launched its third round of technology projects. They will focus on joining dissimilar materials, complex structures and environmentally-friendly approaches to coating metals.
“We are very pleased to launch these new projects with our partners to invigorate new innovation in lightweighting,” says Nigel Francis, CEO and executive director of LIFT. “At any moment in time, there are nearly 600 industry and academic experts working on LIFT-related projects to revolutionize lightweight manufacturing here in the U.S., and these projects are an example of that work.”