Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal’s Ultrahigh-Tensile Steel Receives Nissan Global Supplier Award
07/17/2014 - Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Corp. (NSSMC) received Nissan’s Global Supplier Award for Innovation for the development of high-formability ultrahigh-tensile steel sheet of the 1.2GPa class.
It was awarded the prize for the first time, making it the first steelmaker to receive this honor.
Nissan conferred the award in recognition of the development of ultrahigh-tensile steel sheet, which enables sufficient high formability for automotive body structure application, while also having 1.2GPa (gigapascal)-class strength, and the fact that it was the first applied to Nissan vehicles.
Through the development and production of eco-friendly steels, contributory to automotive weight reduction, NSSMC continues efforts to respond to requests of customers and society, the company said.
Nissan conferred the award in recognition of the development of ultrahigh-tensile steel sheet, which enables sufficient high formability for automotive body structure application, while also having 1.2GPa (gigapascal)-class strength, and the fact that it was the first applied to Nissan vehicles.
Through the development and production of eco-friendly steels, contributory to automotive weight reduction, NSSMC continues efforts to respond to requests of customers and society, the company said.
