Spanish automotive supplier Gestamp is looking to develop advanced high strength steels, with improved stiffness and reduced weight, fit for chassis manufacturing. As part of the project co-funded by Centro para el Desarrollo ...
Cadillac has announced that the company will use an advanced mixed-material for the development of lightweight body structure in CT6 sedan. According to Cadillac, the structure is aluminum intensive but use 13 different materials in the ...
Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB has posted its financial results for the first nine months of the current year, reporting a net profit of SEK 418 million ($56.9 million), compared to a net loss of SEK 849 million in the corresponding ...
Chevrolet has reached a big number in mini cars, surpassing 1 million sales worldwide of the Spark and Beat. It is fresh evidence of Chevrolet's small car lineup attracting more people to the brand around the world. Earlier this year, ...
Tags: Chevrolet, Sparks, Accessories
Ford Motor Company, a US-based automotive company, has introduced its Lightweight Concept vehicle, built using advanced materials including new metals, alloys and composites as a part of its research for future weight-reduction solutions. ...
Global steelmaker Tata Steel has announced that its Netherlands-based subsidiary Service Center Maastricht will commission a large heavy gauge decoiler by the end of the current year which will serve the growing markets in Europe for high ...
Tags: Tata Steel, Heavy Gauge Decoiler
Steel is still expected to remain the main material of choice for carmakers, as shifting to aluminium is a costly process and Asian markets are unlikely to be open to taking on these costs, according to a report published Friday by ...
Tags: Aluminium, Auto-Making, Steel
American automaker General Motors is set to introduce its new 2015 Silverado High Country HD pickup truck. Silverado High Country HD, Chevrolet's first premium heavy-duty pickup, combines the refinement and convenience of the Silverado ...
Tags: General Motors, Chevrolet, Silverado Truck
German plantmaker SMS Siemag has announced that it will modernize coiler No. 3 at the hot strip mill No. 2 of Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Iron & Steel (WISCO) to enable the coiler to wind hot rolled strip with a higher strength and in greater ...
Tags: High-Strength Steel, Mineral
Russian steelmaker Novolipetsk Steel (NLMK) has stated that it has successfully passed certification audits confirming that its production of special-size slabs from high-strength and corrosion-resistant steel grades is compliant with the ...
Tags: Steel Slabs, High-Strength Slabs
Following its global debut almost exactly one year ago in Geneva, new international car brand, Qoros, presents the world premiere of its second series production car, the new Qoros 3 Hatch, at the 2014 Geneva International Motor Show. ...
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Swedish specialty steel producer SSAB and Finland-based steelmaker Rautaruukki have announced that they have come to an agreement to combine the two companies through SSAB making a recommended public share exchange offer amounting to SEK ...
A few days ago, evaluation results of the 15th China Patent Award were announced, and《A type of oriented silicon steel and its production methods and devices》,《A kind of flexible strip processing line suitable for ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Steel, Baosteel
Kvaerner North American Construction Ltd. ("Kvaerner NAC"), a subsidiary of Kvaerner, has received a contract to perform equipment installation and ancillary work for a galvanizing line in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada at ArcelorMittal Dofasco. ...
Tags: Kvaerner, ASA, award, steel, galvanizing
High-strength steel in the automobile industry has been more widely used, which makes the car to further reduce manufacturing costs. The reason is that the use of high-strength steel assembly reduces the car number of links in the ...
Tags: Laser Welding, Strength Steel