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worldsteel Advancing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in Latin America
Buenos Aires, 25 October 2012 – Over 90 representatives from across Latin America came together to look at how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) could be rolled out through the steel industry in the region. LCA provides a method of assessing the environmental impacts of a product or material across the whole supply chain, from raw […]
SSAB AB Joins WorldAutoSteel
Brussels, 16 October 2012— WorldAutoSteel announced today the addition of SSAB as a new member of its ongoing programme to demonstrate the contribution of steel to sustainably reduce vehicle carbon footprint. “WorldAutoSteel welcomes SSAB to its membership and looks forward to including their expertise in the area of high-strength steels within our strong automotive steel […]
FutureSteelVehicle Wins American Metal Market Award
DETROIT, June 20, 2012 – The Steel Market Development Institute’s (SMDI) Automotive Applications Council was pleased to receive the American Metal Market magazine’s 2012 Steel Excellence Award in the environmental responsibility / stewardship category last night for its role in the global FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) project. Lawrence W. Kavanagh, president, SMDI, accepted the award at a […]
New Updated Greenhouse Gas Automotive Materials Comparison Model Available
WorldAutoSteel has released a 2012 version 3 of the UCSB Greenhouse Gas Automotive Materials Comparison Model, which features several significant upgrades from the previous generation. The main goal in creating Version 3.0 was to increase the vehicle types that can be assessed with the models, and the conditions under which they are used. A secondary […]
LCA Key to Reducing Vehicle Carbon Footprint
Advanced High-Strength Steel Solutions Combined with Electrified Powertrains Reduce Total Life Cycle Emissions Life cycle assessment (LCA) of emissions is critical to a complete picture of a vehicle carbon footprint, Cees ten Broek, WorldAutoSteel Director, said today at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a joint press conference with engineering firm, EDAG International. Ten Broek presented […]
Cutting-edge LMS NVH work helps FutureSteelVehicle reduce body structure
Design optimization supports advanced steel technology to reach EV weight target By contributing cutting-edge NVH know-how and design optimization, LMS successfully helped reduce the weight of the FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) concept car body structure without compromising NVH performance. As part of the team working on the FutureSteelVehicle project, commissioned by WorldAutoSteel, LMS focused on early stage […]