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WorldAutoSteel has released version 5.0 of its Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines, providing the largest update since 2004. The new guidelines reflect a broader portfolio of advanced materials and fabrication technologies based on experiences from automakers globally. They are a leading resource for engineers applying the latest lightweight steels in order to improve safety and fuel efficiency as automakers work to meet gas mileage requirements.

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WorldAutoSteel has released version 5.0 of its Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines, providing the largest update since 2004. The new guidelines reflect a broader portfolio of advanced materials and fabrication technologies based on experiences from automakers globally. They are a leading resource for engineers applying the latest lightweight steels in order to improve safety and fuel efficiency as automakers work to meet gas mileage requirements.

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New Guidelines Support Use of the Latest, Lightest Steel

Technologies

Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines V5.0 combines metallurgy,


forming and joining experiences from around the world

Livonia, Mich., May 14, 2014 – Today at the Great Designs in Steel automotive conference,
WorldAutoSteel announced the launch of the Advanced High-Strength Steels Application Guidelines
(AHSS Guidelines) Version 5.0, the largest and most comprehensive update since its first publication in
2004.

WorldAutoSteel offers the AHSS Guidelines free of charge at worldautosteel.org, to aid automakers and
manufacturers in applying the latest in lightweight steels.

“These guidelines are the leading AHSS information resource for engineers and press shop personnel,”
said George Coates, WorldAutoSteel’s project manager for Version 5.0. “It represents the steel industry’s
strong commitment to not only produce new generation steels, but to actively assist automakers in
applying them.” Previous versions covered metallurgy, forming, and joining. Version 5.0 also reflects new
content highlighting the broader materials portfolio, advanced fabrication technologies, and optimized
joining processes.

Applications of the latest steels will proliferate during the next 10 years as automotive OEM’s seek to
achieve improved safety and mandated gas mileage requirements for their customers. Currently vehicle
applications have not nearly exhausted the breadth of AHSS grades available that can achieve
lightweighting targets at less cost and five to 20 times less production emissions than alternative low
density materials. This rapid increase in demand requires users of AHSS to quickly accumulate both
basic understanding and application knowledge. AHSS Guidelines Version 5.0 gathers that knowledge
and experience in two volumes. Volume I includes metallurgy, forming and joining. Volume II includes
over 200 pages of case studies which demonstrate actual manufacturing practices.

Following the series of UltraLight programs* a decade ago, which influenced the growth of High-Strength
Steels (HSS) and AHSS vehicle applications around the globe, WorldAutoSteel formed a special working
group of expert members from major steel companies globally to create the first AHSS Guidelines. The
publication explains how and why AHSS steels are different from traditional higher strength steels in terms
of formability capabilities, fabrication, and joining. Over the last decade the size of each revised document
increased as more knowledge was accumulated. The last document (Version 4.1) was published in June
2009.

During the last five years, additional research and press shop experiences have resulted in even greater
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understanding of these unique steels. AHSS Guidelines Version 5.0 was created to capture this
additional knowledge, as well as lessons learned from the FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) program. This update
doubles the size of the previous volume, with a vast amount of new hands-on experience from the design
and manufacturing of AHSS vehicle applications.

Technical editors for AHSS Guidelines Version 5 are Stuart Keeler, Sc.D. Mechanical Metallurgy,
who has served in this role since the first publication, and Menachem Kimchi, M.Sc. Welding
Engineering, who contributed a wealth of joining information to Version 5.0.

AHSS Guidelines and accompanying Case Studies can be downloaded freely in PDF format at
worldautosteel.org. A printed, spiral bound two volume set will soon be available for order.

* UltraLight Programs include UltraLight Steel Auto Body (ULSAB) 1998, UltraLight Steel Auto Closures (ULSAC)
2001, UltraLight Steel Auto Suspensions (ULSAS) 2001, and UltraLight Steel Auto Body Advanced Vehicle Concepts
(ULSAB-AVC) 2002. FutureSteelVehicle, the latest in the series of lightweight steel demonstrations, was completed
in 2011. Learn more about these lightweighting programs at worldautosteel.org/Projects.

About WorldAutoSteel
WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the World Steel Association, is comprised of 18 major global steel producers
from around the world. WorldAutoSteel’s mission is to advance and communicate steel’s unique ability to meet the
automotive industry’s needs and challenges in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way. WorldAutoSteel is
committed to a low carbon future, the principles of which are embedded in our continuous research, manufacturing
processes, and ultimately, in the advancement of automotive steel products, for the benefit of society and future
generations. To learn more about WorldAutoSteel and its projects, visit www.worldautosteel.org

Members of WorldAutoSteel are:

 Anshan Iron and Steel Group Corporation  Nucor Corporation


 Arcelor Mittal  POSCO
 Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.  SeverStal
 China Steel Corporation  SSAB
 Hyundai-Steel Company  Tata Steel
 JFE Steel Corporation  ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG
 JSW Steel Limited  United States Steel Corporation
 Kobe Steel, Ltd  Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais S.A.
 Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation  voestalpine Stahl GmbH

WorldAutoSteel Contacts:
For Europe and Asia/Pacific For the Americas:
Cees Ten Broek, Director, WorldAutoSteel Kate Hickey, Communications Manager, WorldAutoSteel
T: +32 2 702 89 33 M: +1 734 905 0062
M: +31 6 53 33 86 23 E: [email protected]
E: [email protected]

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