Williams enters Technical Partnership with Dicastal
By Williams Martini Racing
November 10 2016
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Williams
enters Technical Partnership with Dicastal |
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Williams is
pleased to announce a new partnership with Dicastal, a leading global
manufacturer of automotive wheels and part of the Citic Group.
In its technical partnership with Williams, Dicastal’s wheels will go
through vigorous R&D with WILLIAMS MARTINI RACING before on track product
testing begins in 2017.
After 28 years of development, Dicastal has become the world’s leading
manufacturer of aluminium wheels, producing high quality, lightweight wheels
with innovation, high performance and engineering excellence at its core.
Furthermore, the technical relationship could lead to additional
partnerships through Williams Advanced Engineering, the engineering services
and technology division of Williams, where energy efficient performance is
of the utmost importance.
Commenting on the partnership, Nelson Wang, Chief Executive Officer of
Dicastal said; “Our team members are excited to partner with Williams. The
spirit of Formula One will inspire us to become more competitive, innovative
and self-challenging. Williams’ technologies in racing will help us to
develop products with higher performance for our customers.”
Claire Williams, Deputy Team Principal and Commercial Director of Williams,
added; “Here at Williams, we are always looking for the slightest advantage
to edge out the competition, and light weighting is fundamental to that. As
an organisation, Dicastal’s dedication to engineering excellence perfectly
matches our own and we look forward to working together.” |
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