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Cars of the future: Steel car bodies will soon be 39% lighter, helping the environment : Alacero

Alacero – Santiago, Chile, June 11th, 2013. According to information issued by worldsteel –the global organization that represents the steel industry, being Alacero one of its members- recent studies reveal that steel auto bodies in the near future will be 39% lighter –as lightweight as today´s aluminum structures- while meeting all crash performance standards and comparable cost of …

New Publication from Worldsteel: Steel Solutions in the Green Economy

Brussels, 29 May 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) has published the second booklet in the Steel Solutions in the Green Economy series titled FutureSteelVehicle. This booklet details WorldAutoSteel’s latest FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) project, which features steel body structure designs that reduce the mass of the body-in-white to 188 kg and reduce total life cycle …

STEEL ELIMINATES WEIGHT GAP WITH ALUMINIUM FOR CAR BODIES

New studies show a further reduction in body structure mass DETROIT – 16 April 2013 – The latest in a continuing series of research studies strongly suggest that steel auto body structures in the near future can be as lightweight as today’s aluminium bodies, while meeting all crash performance standards and at comparable cost of …

worldsteel Short Range Outlook

London, 11 April 2013 – The World Steel Association (worldsteel) today released its Short Range Outlook (SRO) for 2013 and 2014. worldsteel forecasts that global apparent steel use will increase by 2.9% to 1,454 Mt in 2013, following growth of 1.2% in 2012. In 2014, it is forecast that world steel demand will grow further …