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WorldAutoSteel Tech Director Russ Balzer Receives ACLCA Rising Star Award
WorldAutoSteel Technical Director Russ Balzer was recognized with the 2018 Rising Star Award from the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA). Balzer accepted the accolade at the ACLCA conference LCA XVIII in Fort Collins, Colorado USA on 26 Sept., attended by international Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) professionals and academics. Balzer leads engineering and environmental […]
Steel Industry Calls on Policymakers to Lay Foundation for Life Cycle Thinking in Auto Regulations
New automotive CO2e emissions regulation provides a unique opportunity to align regulatory practice with the state of the art in environmental product policy, launching a new era of successful environmental legislation free of major unintended consequences. Maintaining a tailpipe-based car emission legislation is fundamentally flawed and will result in unintended consequences. The Steel industry calls on […]
CAR Management Briefing Takeaways
The weather in Traverse City, Mich., USA, long-time location of the CAR Management Briefing Seminar, was sunny and bright, as was the mood at the conference site. George Coates, WorldAutoSteel Technical Director, attended and brought back some interesting insights from this key industry event. We thought we’d share them with you: My focus was on […]
AHSS Transformers
The new steel combined with advanced manufacturing processes reduces mass, cost and life cycle emissions. In fact with 5 to 20 times fewer emissions than the primary production of its competitors, the new steel provides the foundation for a sustainable future. Have a look at this video that will tell you all about it, using […]
WorldAutoSteel Shares Autonomous Vehicle Insight to Heady Three Revolutions Policy Conference in California, U.S.
Autonomous Driving Continues to be Hot Study Topic for Automotive Steel Industry BRUSSELS — For two days 26-27 February 2018, more than 300 professionals interested in the future of transportation and all of its intricacies gathered at a conference sponsored by the University of California – Davis, Institute of Transportation Studies. Mr. Russell Balzer, Technical […]
New Video! Steel Your Strength
Steel Strength, the Backbone of the Automotive Industry For decades, the steel industry has pioneered a whole new class of materials that are 50% stronger than their predecessors. At the core of this innovation lies the ever-growing Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS) family. No other automotive material compares to the variety of steel strength levels today. […]
AHSS Insights Blog by WorldAutoSteel
As of 10 January, right to your desktop WorldAutoSteel, began a new blog created specifically for the automotive design and engineering community, AHSS Insights. In it you will find helpful information on the use of Advanced High-Strength Steel (AHSS). Hands-on professionals from the global automotive industry are encouraged to offer feedback and dialogue with our technical […]
New LCA Case Study on BEV Life Cycle Energy Demand
Material Matters: A Case Study As the emissions resulting from driving the car (tank-to-wheels) are reduced with more efficient powertrains, there will be a greater chance that use-phase only regulations could result in unintended consequences. It is predicted that by 2020, emissions from the vehicle production phase could dominate over the use phase. It is […]
High-level Findings on Life Cycle Assessment Converge at Conference in New Hampshire, US
ACLCA LCA XVII Conference Wrap-up by WorldAutoSteel Technical Director, Russ Balzer Recently Russ Balzer, WorldAutoSteel’s Technical Director, and one of our own Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Advocates, attended and served as a presenter at a major LCA conference in New Hampshire, US. The American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA) sponsored its 17th conference October 3 […]