The characteristics of aluminum material that deserve special mention are not only its Lightness or toughness, the features generally known, but its strong corrosion resistance, the heat and electric conduction, the facts that they are static free, recyclable, strong for low temperature, and they reflect heat and light, or the fact they do not have toxicity.

WiNDy had taken notice these characteristics of aluminum and launched the mass production of aluminum PC case for the first time in the world. But 5 years were required for us after our fisrt product to be succeeded in making a case made with 95 percent aluminum. That was the length of time we spent in order to solve the problem of combining the two: mass productivity issue and cost issue. We needed to improve the accuracy of process by 5/100 mili in order to make the front panel in Mono plate. Monocoque chassis is made by combining each parts that went through the several punching and bending process. And the accumulated fudge factors should be as little as possible, otherwise the front panel, bay cover, air intake cover and interface part cannot be built up correctly.

ALTIUM is in a kind the grand sum of high techniques of metal processing in Japan.

And now we are facing a brand new challenge. In the summer of 2003, the thermal solution is facing a very severe situation generated by the progress of the CPU with high speed. What it is really facing is the level that thermal solution and noise solution should be considered at the same time. Now ALTIUM has stepped into its second stage, and it shows all the techniques of WiNDy aluminum chassis structure. From the former mechanical design, it has now come onto the stage of ATX, but also Micro ATX and Barebone in the more sophisticated designs.

There are the dream to make it by aluminum, and the dream to be made by aluminum. WiNDy's dreams are here in the ALTIUM.