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[AW 2026 Exclusive Interview] Unipres: World's first display of frame components featuring continuous strength gradients

[AW 2026 Exclusive Interview] Unipres: World's first display of frame components featuring continuous strength gradients The Automotive World (AW) 2026 was held from January 21 to 23, 2026. During the show, MarkLines conducted exclusive interviews with several companies. At the Unipres booth, Tsutomu Serizawa, Manager of the Press Technology Group within the Advanced Technology Development Department, explained new technologies concerning struct...

News Updated at: 2026/01/28

Hyundai Steel participated in global conferences on automotive bodies

Hyundai Steel participated in global conferences on automotive bodies Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. announced that it joined global conferences on automotive bodies from June through October 2024 and introduced its low-carbon steel plate technology. The South Korean company participated in the Car Body Parts in Germany in June, the International Automotive Body Congress in the U.S. in September, and the EuroCarBody in Germany in October. Experts from g...

News Updated at: 2024/10/25

Hyundai Steel develops MS steel panel for automotive application

Hyundai Steel develops MS steel panel for automotive application South Korea's Hyundai Steel Co., Ltd. announced the successful development of martensite (MS) steel panels for automotive applications. The material with 1.5GPa tensile strength has a good flatness of 3mm or less. It can be used for several automotive parts and components such as EV battery cases, bumpers, and reinforcement for roof-side members. (From a press release on January 26,...

News Updated at: 2022/01/31

JFE Steel’s 1.5 GPa-grade high-tensile steel sheets adopted for vehicle body structural parts in cold press forming application

JFE Steel’s 1.5 GPa-grade high-tensile steel sheets adopted for vehicle body structural parts in cold press forming application On December 23, JFE Steel Corporation (JFE Steel) announced that its 1.5 GPa-grade (1470 MPa) high-tensile cold-rolled steel sheets are now being utilized in vehicle body structural parts, the world’s first such adoption in a cold press forming application. Toyota Motor Corporation and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. have ado...

News Updated at: 2020/12/24

Unipres to deliver 1.5GPa ultra-high tensile steel for Nissan Note

Unipres to deliver 1.5GPa ultra-high tensile steel for Nissan Note Unipres Corporation (Unipres) announced that it will supply automotive body structure parts using 1.5GPa (gigapascal) class ultra-high tensile strength steel (HTSS) for the all new Nissan Note. This will be the first time for Nissan to adopt 1.5GPa material for its automotive body structural parts using cold pressing technology. Volume production was realized by utilizing advanced...

News Updated at: 2020/11/30

Pacific Industrial to start producing 1.5 GPa body structural components

Pacific Industrial to start producing 1.5 GPa body structural components Pacific Industrial Co., Ltd.will establish new production lines to manufacture structural components that have the strength of 1.2–1.5 GPa by fiscal year 2015. The company plans to introduce large stamping machines of 2,500-3,000 tons at its three Japanese plants in Gifu Prefecture, the Kyushu region and the Tohoku region. It also plans to install these machines at facil...

News Updated at: 2013/11/20