From the bodywork to the chassis, from the battery housing to the electric motor: almost every car is made largely of steel. Carros - the Dutch magazine for lovers of exclusive cars - noticed this too. They visited us and wrote a wonderful article about it, full of fun facts. Do you know them all?

Did you know, for example, that each year in IJmuiden we produce enough steel for one and a half million cars? And that for the automotive industry alone, we offer eighty different types of steel, each with its own mix of characteristics: lightweight, safe, formable, or aesthetically flawless.

Paper-thin and extremely strong

It all starts with pig iron and steel scrap. We melt these into liquid steel. Then come casting, rolling, and hot-dip galvanizing. The result: high-quality automotive steel — usually paper-thin, and sometimes extremely strong or extremely formable. Innovations like MagiZinc make steel extra corrosion-resistant, while Advanced High-Strength Steel is so strong that car parts can be made thinner. And because the parts are thinner, the car becomes lighter as well. An added bonus? You need less fuel, which means lower CO₂ emissions.

Innovation Lab

Together with car manufacturers, we push steel to its limits in our R&D Innovation Lab. Think crash testing, formability, paintability — we check it all. From crash boxes to battery housings, from complex body parts to glossy body panels: every component gets exactly the right steel.

Precision and safety

We also want to continuously optimize our production processes, for example throughDRI-EAF. This brings us ever closer to a CO₂-neutral future, without having to compromise on quality or safety.

 

Source: tatasteelnederland.com

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