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Australia’s Quickstep Holdings Wins Automotive Manufacturing Contracts

An Australian company has produced a demonstration roof for an Audi A1 made from carbon-fibre, winning itself a supply contract with the German luxury automaker in the process. Quickstep Holdings participated in a four-year program funded in part by th


An Australian company has produced a demonstration roof for an Audi A1 made from carbon-fibre, winning itself a supply contract with the German luxury automaker in the process.

Quickstep Holdings participated in a four-year program funded in part by the German Government and Audi, and the final report praised the company’s manufacturing procedures for quality and value.

The report declared Quickstep’s ‘resin spray transfer’ and ‘Qure’ systems were able to produce a ‘Class A’ paintable surface at a lower cost than traditional autoclave methods.

Quickstep says the Qure method moulds carbon-fibre components using fluids instead of standard autoclaving, reducing the costs and processing time.

These benefits can be realised for niche manufacturing volumes of up to 10,000 parts per annum, and the technology could also be applied to boot lids, bonnets, canopies and more.

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