Alcoa Releases Even Lighter Wheels

In March of this year, Alcoa Wheels will be 60 years old. To mark this anniversary, Alcoa Wheel Products Europe has succeeded in making their most popular size truck wheels even lighter than before. The weight decrease applies to the following sizes:

22.5 x 8.25 from 24.18 kg to 22.79 kg = – 1.39 kg
22.5 x 9.00 from 24.73 kg to 23.21 kg = – 1.52 kg
19.5 x 7.50 from 18.67 kg to 17.76 kg = – 0.91 kg
19.5 x 8.25 from 19.23 kg to 18.54 kg = – 0.69 kg

The first lightweight wheels were produced in the Alcoa plant in Hungary on 1 February 2008. The first forged aluminium truck wheel was made by Alcoa in Cleveland/USA in 1948, and they have not stopped reinventing it since.