16:47, 30 October 2015

SSAB to present new products for automotive industry

SSAB is launching several new steel grades, thereby creating new opportunities in the automative industry.

Within the coming 12 months we will release two new hot-rolled advanced high-strength steel grades tailor-made for chassis applications,” says José Puente Cabrero, Portfolio manager, automotive products. “The steels exceed 800 and 1,000 MPa in tensile strength and offer a unique combination of properties for maximized hole expansion and edge ductility.”

SSAB will also introduce new cold-rolled martensitic steels with improved flatness. The latest Docol martensitic steels for cold-formed applications, with a tensile strength above 1,700 MPa, are being designed into upcoming car models.

SSAB is a producer of advanced high-strength steels for the transport and automotive industries exacting demands from industry and customers to reduce weight and CO₂ emissions, increase cost efficiency and improve crashworthiness.

Get more information about SSAB products at stand 1C18 during 21st International Industrial Exhibition Metal-Expo’2015, November 10-13, Moscow, VDNkHa.

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