NanoSteel en AK Steel winnen Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award van Platts
PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NanoSteel ®, leider in staalsoorten die op nanoniveau zijn gestructureerd, en zijn ontwikkelingspartner AK Steel Corporation hebben de prijs voor ‘Breakthrough Solution of the Year’ van Platts Global Metals gewonnen. Met de prijs, die gisteravond is uitgereikt in Londen, eert Platts sectorleiders en vernieuwers voor prestaties van het bedrijf en hun algehele impact op de industrie. De prijs is een erkenning van NanoSteels geavanceerde staalplaten voor de auto-industrie, die AK Steel produceert. De platen combineren sterkte, een hoge mate van vervormbaarheid met een licht gewicht.
“Het bedrijf is vereerd dat zijn geavanceerde stalen platen zijn geselecteerd als Breakthrough Solution of the Year van Platt”, zei president en ceo van NanoSteel David Paratore. “We denken dat dit product de optimale eigenschappen heeft voor auto-ontwerpers die structureel gewicht willen verminderen zonder in te boeten op veiligheid en rijkwaliteit. Ons materiaal biedt ook alle voordelen van staal, waarmee het kosteneffectiever is dan alternatieve metalen en gemakkelijker te integreren is in een toeleveringsketen en productiesysteem voor onderdelen die meer dan honderd jaar met succes auto-onderdelen hebben afgeleverd.”
NanoSteel and AK Steel Win Platts Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award
PROVIDENCE, R.I.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– NanoSteel ®, a leader in nanostructured steel materials, and the company’s joint development launch partner, AK Steel Corporation, have won the Platts Global Metals “Breakthrough Solution of the Year” Award. Announced in London yesterday evening, Platts honors top performers— industry leaders and innovators— for business achievement and overall impact on the industry. This award is in recognition of NanoSteel’s advanced automotive sheet—produced by AK Steel—which brings the combination of both high strength and high formability to automotive lightweighting.
“The company is honored to have our advanced sheet selected as Platt’s Breakthrough Solution of the Year,” said NanoSteel president and CEO David Paratore. “We believe this product brings optimal properties to automotive engineers for reducing structural weight without compromising safety and ride-quality requirements. Our material also provides all the benefits of steel, making it more cost-effective than alternative metals and easier to integrate into a supply chain and parts manufacturing footprint that has successfully produced steel automotive components for more than 100 years.”
The Platts Global Metals Award recognizes the product’s groundbreaking properties, which offer the combination of both high strength (1200 MPa) and high formability (50% elongation), exceeding the third generation advanced high strength steel (AHSS) target set by automakers. The strength properties enable the design of parts with thinner gauges that reduce weight and the formability properties enable component designs with unique geometries for increased stiffness. Exceptional elongation also allows automakers to use existing manufacturing infrastructure without additional capital investment and operator re-training.
“AK Steel is delighted to partner with NanoSteel to bring this third-generation AHSS into commercial production and distribution for the automotive industry,” said Roger Newport, CEO of AK Steel. “As the first steel producer to develop the process to manufacture this unique product, we appreciate this recognition from Platts. This multi-year partnership between two innovative companies is uniquely positioned to advance steel’s leadership in vehicle lightweighting.”
Added Paratore, “AK Steel’s broad proficiency across multiple technologies and top reputation for quality make them an ideal launch partner to develop our AHSS to commercial scale and drive early adoption within the industry.”
About NanoSteel
NanoSteel is an advanced materials company specializing in the design and commercialization of patented steels with exceptional mechanical properties derived from their nano-scale microstructure. The Company’s primary focus is proprietary alloys for use as sheet steel in automotive lightweighting applications. Founded as a spinoff of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory in 2002, NanoSteel has developed multiple generations of ferrous materials innovations including metallic coatings, additive manufacturing powders, and sheet steel protected by over 300 patents filed and/or granted worldwide. NanoSteel is a privately held company funded by lead shareholders EnerTech, Fairhaven Capital, and GM Ventures. For more information, visit www.nanosteelco.com or follow us on Twitter @NanoSteelCo.
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