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| Corus' new distribution centre at Scunthorpe significantly enhances product quality in just six months |
20 April 2006 - Corus Automotive
Reduces damage delivery by 85%
Distribution centre will help meet continued growth to emerging markets in China and eastern Europe
Increased delivery quality helps reduce manufacturing downtime for customers |
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| Corus supports SDF to optimise con-rod manufacture for automotive customers |
20 April 2006 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international steel company, is working closely with Smethwick Drop Forge (SDF) the UK's leading forger of connecting rods for passenger and commercial vehicles, to help optimise the design and manufacture of existing con-rods.
- Development work leads to significant weight reduction opportunities
- Reduced weight helps automakers meet stringent environmental targets
- Improved machining reduces manufacturing costs |
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| Corus and Salzgitter announce joint product development of High Strength and Ductility (HSD)-steels |
03 November 2005 - Corus Automotive
Automotive chassis and crash structures will benefit from mass reduction and improved impact resistance with High Strength and Ductility (HSD)-steels. |
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| Automotive Industry in the UK is Alive and Well |
30 October 2005 - Corus Automotive
Professor Garel Rhys addresses leading figures from UK automotive supply
chain. Need to invest in R&D to stay competitive. Technical innovation key to
future success |
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| Corus Neotec fuel tank material to help Proton meet environmental challenges |
03 August 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus has won a contract to supply Proton with advanced Neotec steel. This will be used in the manufacture of fuel tanks for one of the carmaker's latest additions to its popular GEN-2 range, the 1.6 GSX. |
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| Racing for Holland to use new suspension technology developed by Creuat and Corus in Le-Mans 24 Hour |
15 June 2005 - Corus Automotive
The Racing for Holland team entry in this year's gruelling 24-hour Le Mans race will be using a unique hydropneumatic interconnected suspension system designed to maximise the racecars' traction, grip and stability, which ultimately will help it go faster. |
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| Advanced steel solutions key to addressing environmental challenges for vehicle fluid handling systems |
02 June 2005 - Corus Automotive
Speaking at the European Automotive Components Expo in Stuttgart, Guido Wolf, manager strategic marketing, Corus Special Strip, told delegates how innovative new steels from Corus for vehicle fluid handling systems will help the automotive industry overcome existing and future environmental and technical challenges. |
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| Consistent delivery of high quality material and service secures major contract for Corus |
31 May 2005 - Corus Automotive
The ability to supply consistent, high quality material and meet stringent service and delivery goals has secured a major contract for Corus to supply Stadco, one of Europe's leading automotive body-in-white specialists, with a wide range of cut and pressed panel blanks. |
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| Corus provides Materials Expertise for Formula Student Racing Teams |
29 April 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, is once again supporting some of Europe's leading student race teams - the Universities of Birmingham, Delft and Warwick - in the 2005 International Formula Student programme. |
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| Global stainless steel production to top 25 million tonnes this year |
01 April 2005 - MEPS (International)
MEPS (International) forecasts global stainless crude steel output in 2005 at 25.3 million tonnes - up from 24.4 million tonnes a year earlier. This equates to an increase of 3.7 percent. We expect this year to be one of consolidation after the 7.3 percent rise in 2004 versus 2003. |
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| Researchers pursue blast-resistant steel using new tomograph |
21 March 2005 - Northwestern University
Materials scientists and engineers at Northwestern University are developing a new 'high-security' steel that would be resistant to bomb blasts such as the one that struck - and nearly sank - the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000. |
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| Corus and ESI Group Partnership provides advanced material simulation capabilities to automotive manufacturers |
10 March 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals producer, and ESI Group, leading provider of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, has announced the integration of the Corus-Vegter model, a new advanced material simulation model, into PAM-STAMP 2G software package. |
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| Significant upgrade at Corus facility to meet first Tubular Hydroform frame-rail contract in Europe for Discovery 3 |
03 March 2005 - Corus Automotive
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it has invested significantly to upgrade its precision tubes facility in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, following confirmation that it has secured Europe's largest single automotive hydroformed tube contract. |
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| Long-term supply agreements secure steel jobs in Duisburg
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23 February 2005 - ThyssenKrupp Steel AG
The three Duisburg steel companies ThyssenKrupp Stahl AG, Mittal Steel Ruhrort and TSTG Schienentechnik have enjoyed close links in the supply of pig iron and crude steel for more than seven years. These links are based on contractual arrangements agreed in 1997 for a period of ten years upon the sale of the Ruhrort and Hochfeld plants by the then Thyssen Stahl AG. |
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| ThyssenKrupp Stahl supplies colored steel sheet for commercial and industrial building |
14 January 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
In the past few years, a silent revolution has been taking place at ThyssenKrupp Stahl: wherever the company has erected new facilities and buildings on its own premises, the standard drab facades of previous decades have been replaced by attractive colors. |
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| Steel plus flexible thin-film solar modules from ThyssenKrupp Bausysteme |
14 January 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
Since 1999, Dinslaken/Germany-based ThyssenKrupp Bausysteme has been offering a unique modular solar energy system based on steel profiles which not only provides a simple method of renovating facades and roofs but also gives buildings a new look in colors matched to their surroundings, architecture and use, while at the same time generating electricity from the sun's rays. The latest elements in the range of Thyssen-Solartec modules also feature an integrated insulating layer of PUR hard foam to prevent heat loss. |
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| Fire resistant structural steel opens up new perspectives in architecture |
14 January 2003 - ThyssenKrupp Steel
FR 30 is the simple abbreviation for a fire-resistant steel which was recently approved for building use and could revolutionize architecture and the building industry. While architects are not unfamiliar with steel as a material of construction, they are still very reluctant to use it due to strict fire protection regulations. |
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