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NanoSteel delivers advanced high-strength automotive steel to General Motors

NanoSteel®, a producer of nanostructured steel materials in Providence, R.I., has delivered its first AHSS to General Motors for initial testing. The sheet steel is expected to accelerate vehicle lightweighting initiatives focused on meeting rising global fuel economy regulations.

Production of the material, targeted to the automotive steel market, is the result of a multiyear joint development program between NanoSteel and AK Steel Corp., West Chester, Ohio.

The automotive sheet steel provides about 1,200-MPa tensile strength and 50 percent elongation. The high strength allows designers to create parts using thinner-gauge, lighter-weight material, while the high elongation allows manufacturers to produce the newly designed parts without expensive processing techniques, employee retraining, or additional capital costs, says the company.