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Mag Specialties offers the automotive industry magnesium extrusions that meet exceedingly more stringent tolerances and customer requirements.

Magnesium with its light weight and high specific strength and stiffness properties offers many benefits for the automotive, aerospace and rail industries.

*Will Joost, US Department of Energy, Energy, Materials & Vehicle Weight Reduction

Mag Specialties can assist automotive customers with the entire lifecycle of their products. Our solution driven outlook means we assist customers with:

MAG has worked with the automotive industry in developing new magnesium alloys custom tailored for automotive application. As part of USCAR team and in cooperation with Ford, Chrysler and GM, we supplied the group a new magnesium alloy that dramatically reduced tension/compression mechanical property asymmetry .

MAG Specialties is one of very few magnesium companies in the world approved to supply the Formula One race car wheel supply chain.

Mag Specialties has been a trusted supplier to the aerospace industry for decades with legacy business dating back to Timminco and Dow Magnesium. We are a Tier Two/Three supplier to Boeing, Bombardier and Sikorsky. We produce magnesium extrusions that meet the stringent requirements of the aerospace industry.

Recent testing and development with both the FAA and SAE have lead to the conditional approval of magnesium use in commercial aircraft seats. This conditional approval is provided when magnesium alloys meet FAA flammability test requirements and obtain certification under a Special Provision. This has expanded magnesium potential applications significantly.

Mag Specialties has developed new magnesium alloys that have been independently tested by a qualified 3rd party lab in the U.S. to meet the FAA flammability test requirements (chapter 25). We are currently working to further optimize these alloys and we are partnering with seat manufacturers, along with other industry manufacturers to bring significant value to the airline industry.

Magnesium’s position on the galvanic series and high current capacity is the basis for the use of magnesium as a protective anode. Two properties critical to the performance of a sacrificial anode are oxidation potential (output) and current capacity (efficiency). We ensure through extensive chemistry, production and lab testing that our products meet the customer’s desired current efficiency and performance requirements.

Mag Specialties’ cathodic protection products find applications in: 

Magnesium’s resistance against high alkaline cleaners and solutions make it an excellent candidate for use in masonry tools, screeds and forms. Magnesium concrete tools can be cleaned with the same strong alkaline cleaners used for steel and, unlike aluminum tools, they will not corrode with this solution. Magnesium is also far superior to wood masonry tools as it is more durable, lasts longer, and doesn’t soak up water and thereby quickly lose surface quality.

Magnesium has many desirable properties that make it an ideal material for many Oil & Gas applications beyond cathodic protection. Mag Specialties is a trusted provider of high quality toll-extrusion services for the Oil & Gas industry. We do not provide alloy development services for this industry.

Magnesium’s low neutron cross section makes it an ideal candidate for use in electronic housing applications in energy nuclear reactors. This allows the magnesium housing to protect the electronic detectors with little interference for the most accurate measurements; especially where safety detection and reliability is highly valued. Mag Specialties is one of very few trusted suppliers to the Nuclear Energy Industry.

Magnesium’s light weight and good specific strength and stiffness properties lend itself as a candidate for extruded solar panel frames; especially when weight reduction of the solar module is desired. Our experience extruding many profiles allows us to handle a wide variety of shapes. We can also guide customers with machining, forming and corrosion protection concerns. Magnesium is also currently being researched for its battery storage capacity in rechargeable batteries. Magnesium’s significantly higher energy density vs. Li-ion batteries is highly desirable but there are many challenges that need to be overcome for magnesium to be a viable replacement. Mag Specialties is engaged with research institutes dedicated to finding solutions to these challenges.

Magnesium offers significant weight savings for equal properties vs. aluminum. MAG Specialties’ experience extruding, machining and coating has been instrumental to this industry. We supply extrusions for one of the lightest rifle handguards in the market used by professional law enforcement, SWAT teams and experienced instructors. Some of the benefits magnesium offers this industry are:

Magnesium finds extensive use in the lead refining and lead battery industry. Mag-Cal™ was first developed by Timminco in 1989 to eliminate the need to add magnesium and calcium separately to molten lead for removal of bismuth. This master alloy provided the industry with a much cleaner and more efficient method of addition that enabled rapid dissolution, high consistent alloy recovery and reliable bismuth control. Similarly, Cal-Al™ was offered to the lead battery industry to eliminate the need for separate additions and allow for rapid and complete alloy dissolution in the shortest time possible with the highest efficiency. Mag Specialties continues to hold our master alloy products to the same exacting standards developed by Timminco using the highest quality of raw materials.

Magnesium is also a key ingredient in many pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical applications. It is used in Grignard reactions to produce a multitude of intermediaries and reagents for downstream products including flavors, fragrances, pharmaceutical and agricultural products. Our longstanding experience in this industry enables us to custom tailor chemistry, particle size and distribution to optimize reaction initiation rates and maximize reaction yields.