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For the tenth year in succession, Corus, the international steel company, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams - the University of Warwick in the UK, and the University of Delft in the Netherlands - as they compete in the annual International Formula Student competition, the largest and most successful design race series in the world.
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| |  30 Apr 2008
Corus, the international steel company, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the GO 60 Sharing Our World Project, which will see participants from the Land Rover Club embarking on a 17,183-mile adventure on May 02, 2008. Travelling from Solihull to Singapore in only 60 days, the GO 60 Project celebrates the 60th anniversary of Land Rover, whilst raising valuable funds for causes including the British Red Cross, to help vulnerable children and their families.
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| |  30 Apr 2008
At the IMechE “Lightweighting for carbon-free vehicles” conference, which took place on 23rd April at the Jaguar Assembly Plant in Birmingham, Professor Jon King, Director of Corus Automotive Engineering, explained that steel continues to remain the preferred body structure material for vehicle construction, used in 99% of all new cars in 2007.
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| |  25 Mar 2008
Corus, the international steel company, has once again deployed its unique knowledge in the use of a portable strain measurement system to help Ford optimise its press shop tooling at the company’s Genk plant in Belgium, which has facilitated the introduction of new steel on a current production vehicle.
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| |  11 Dec 2007
Joonas Vartola’s ‘Kota’ design concept was awarded Best Individual Design accolade at the Corus sponsored private view of the Royal College of Art’s Vehicle Design Department ‘Connections’ project held at the RCA on Friday, 7th December.
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| |  28 Nov 2007
Corus, the international steel company, has announced that it has achieved “Q1” status. Ford Q1 status is the highest possible accolade given by the Ford Motor Company to suppliers who have demonstrated excellence in key areas of supply including ongoing performance, site action planning, customer endorsement and continuous improvement.
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| |  10 Sep 2007
Corus has deployed its Forming to Strength (F2S®) predictive modelling technique to help TKA Tallent Chassis validate the strength of sub-assembly components. All manufacturing processes can change the physical properties of a material. It is therefore essential that component manufacturers and carmakers understand how steel will perform and behave as it is formed into shape. Corus has developed a number of modelling techniques that enable customers to include these changes in material properties in crash, fatigue or strength analyses as an integral part of the product development process.
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| |  17 Jul 2007
Corus, the international steel company, has developed a new computer aided engineering (CAE) approach to weld durability and performance assessment, which they believe will help automakers optimise component design and weld performance in vehicle structures. Importantly, Corus also believe its unique software tool will help OEMs reduce new vehicle development time and costs in addition to reducing component costs.
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| |  21 May 2007
The growing markets of Central and Eastern Europe are opening up exciting new opportunities for Corus, the international steel company. Over the past year, the wire rod business has doubled the volume of automotive component steels it supplies into the region and tripled its customer base in these emerging economies.
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| |  02 May 2007
Corus is proud to announce that it is the first steel company to support Make Roads Safe, a global campaign which aims to raise public and political awareness of the huge human and economic consequences of road deaths
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| |  19 Apr 2007
Corus, the international metals company, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams – the Universities of Birmingham, Warwick and Delft - as they compete in the annual International Formula Student Programme.
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| |  13 Apr 2007
Corus, the international steel company, has invested in a new Ultrasonic Testing Laboratory to enable the further enhancement of the company’s production capabilities of high quality, ultra-clean steels for the automotive bearing market.
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| |  27 Feb 2007
Corus, the international steel company, has become a sponsor of the “Connections” project in the Royal College of Art’s Vehicle Design Department. The four-month programme will see first-year MA Vehicle Design students at the world’s only wholly post-graduate university of art and design, generating innovative mobility solutions for those living in rural areas.
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| |  29 Jan 2007
Each year there are around 3,200 deaths on UK roads and over 310,000 serious injuries, of which 65 per cent can be attributed to human error. Corus, the international steel company, has now developed a new family of roadside restraint systems called Protect 365™ that it believes, if adopted, will significantly contribute to improved road safety and help reduce the number of serious injuries and death on UK roads.
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| |  06 Dec 2006
The annual Corus Industry Forum has further opened the debate on some of the key challenges facing the automotive industry. Bringing together some of the industry’s most influential people, the forum focused on two of today’s hottest topics - safety and the environment.
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| |  01 Dec 2006
Dev O’Nion for the design concept “Apto Sapor” was awarded the ‘Best Vehicle Design’ accolade in the Corus sponsored private view of the Coventry University MA Automotive Design Show ‘ICONS’ held on Thursday 30 November 2006 at the Coventry Transport Museum.
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| |  23 Nov 2006
Following the launch earlier this year of its unique portable strain measurement system called PHAST™, Corus has announced the successful use of this new technology on-site at NedCar’s assembly plant in Born, the Netherlands. It is being used to help optimise final press shop tooling for the manufacture of the Mitsubishi Colt. Corus developed PHAST™ to help carmakers ensure reliable production quality of complex formed body panels during vehicle development and production processes.
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| |  15 Nov 2006
Corus, the international steel company, has developed ‘Fluxless Laser Brazing’, a new and robust process for joining steel to aluminium during automotive production line assembly. The new technique has been developed at the Corus RD&T centre in Holland, to support the automotive industry’s increasing use of multi-materials in new car design and manufacture, as a way of reducing weight and improving CO2 emissions.
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| |  27 Oct 2006
Corus, the international steel company, has invested significantly in its specialist service centre in Wednesfield UK, to enhance its press blanking line capability in order to meet the new challenges, expected ahead in the European Automotive Industry.
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| |  20 Oct 2006
Corus, the international steel company, has announced a contract to supply Volvo Trucks with precision-machined camshaft blanks for use in the manufacture of critical engine components.
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| |  03 Oct 2006
Corus, the international steel company, and DAF Trucks, one of Europe’s leading truck manufacturers, have collaborated to develop a unique computer simulation crash model which they believe will lead to safer future truck designs.
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| |  07 Aug 2006
Corus Corporate Relations Director, David Jackson, witnessed first-hand the effect of Corus’ contribution to the JCB DIESELMAX assault on the land speed record for diesel-powered cars. He spoke at length with Chief Engineer, Tim Leverton, about the steel tube Corus supplied to the DIESELMAX team.
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| |  28 Jul 2006
Corus is entering its eighth year as sponsor of Coventry University’s MA Automotive Design Show with one of the strongest judging panels to date.
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| |  21 Jul 2006
Corus, the international steel company, has been working closely with Ford to help the carmaker develop and implement the latest grades of high strength steels into several key applications on the new Galaxy model range.
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| |  31 May 2006
Automotive spring-grade wire rod from Corus is being used to manufacture transmission springs for the first time.
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| |  17 May 2006
Corus has developed a new and unique technology called In-Form™ that applies the latest computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation techniques to help optimise the set-up of automotive press shop processes. Following extensive trials, In-Form™ has demonstrated that it can help vehicle makers improve manufacturability and quality of complex stamped body panels thereby significantly reducing press shop set-up lead-times.
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| |  11 May 2006
A successful supply chain partnership between Corus and Wigpool Ltd, for the development and supply of high quality precision machined components, is helping Triumph, one of the world’s oldest and most famous names in motorcycles, stay ahead of competitors.
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| |  02 May 2006
Corus, the international metals company, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams - the Universities of Birmingham, Delft and Warwick - in the 2006 International Formula Student programme.
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| |  29 Mar 2006
Corus, one of the world’s leading steel producers, has developed an integrated crash box bumper that it believes will offer vehicle and component manufactures both weight and cost savings compared to existing front end module systems.
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| |  27 Mar 2006
Corus customers have reported a massive 85 per cent reduction in instances of materials being damaged in transit. The improvement in delivery standards comes just six months after the opening of Corus’ world-class distribution centre for storing, handling and despatching its damage-critical grades of wire rod destined for automotive manufacturers around the world.
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| |  16 Mar 2006
Corus, the international steel company, is working closely with Smethwick Drop Forge (SDF), the UK’s leading forger of connecting rods for passenger and commercial vehicles, to help optimise the design and manufacture of existing con-rods
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| |  08 Feb 2006
Corus, the international steel company, has won the contract to supply its unique product, the Hyfo™ Tubular Blank, for the first hydroformed crash can to go into production in the European automotive market.
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| |  01 Feb 2006
A unique and portable strain measurement system called PHAST™, has been developed by Corus, the international steel company, to help carmakers ensure reliable production quality of complex formed body panels during the vehicle development and production process.
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| |  02 Dec 2005
Corus supports ‘Best Vehicle Design Award’ at Coventry University Automotive MA Design Show. Jean-Michel Raad for his design concept The Moov!! was awarded the ‘Best Vehicle Design’ accolade in the Corus sponsored ‘15’, a private view of the Coventry University MA Automotive Design Show held on Thursday 01 December 2005 at the Coventry Transport Museum
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| |  17 Oct 2005
The automotive industry in Britain is alive and well and still a major global player, Professor Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research, told delegates at a seminar looking at the future of the UK automotive industry, hosted and organised by Corus, a leading material supplier to the industry.
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| |  11 Oct 2005
Corus, one of the world’s leading steel producers, has announced that Europressings, its specialist metal pressings and sub-assemblies business, has won a contract to supply Tenneco Automotive with key exhaust parts for the Vauxhall Vectra.
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| |  16 Sep 2005
Corus has developed a unique hexavalent chromium free adhesive-coated metal, Envirobond, for use in a wide range of automotive applications that will help carmakers remove the presence of this harmful material and importantly meet the requirements of the ELV (End of Life Vehicle) directive.
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| |  03 Aug 2005
Corus, one of the world’s leading steel producers, has announced that it has won a contract to supply Proton with advanced Neotec steel. This will be used in the manufacture of fuel tanks for one of the carmaker’s latest additions to its popular GEN-2 range, the 1.6 GSX.
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| |  19 Jul 2005
A new high-performance grade of wire rod from Corus is rapidly becoming established in the demanding global market for oil-tempered automotive springs. Recognising the extremely strict quality parameters required for such high-fatigue steels, Corus is keen to join the handful of steel manufacturers able to supply this quality of material – helping to increase security of supply for the automotive market.
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| |  19 Jul 2005
According to market research demand for premium quality steels in the automotive industry is growing at an unprecedented rate. Much of this demand is coming from emerging markets in the Far East and Central and Eastern Europe, where tyre production is increasing at a rapid pace. In China alone, consumption of steel tyre cord has increased by 30 per cent a year since 2001. This year, the market is expected to grow to more than 300,000 tonnes.
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| |  15 Jun 2005
The Racing for Holland team entry in this year’s gruelling 24-hour Le Mans race will be using a unique hydropneumatic interconnected suspension system designed to maximise the racecars’ traction, grip and stability, which ultimately will help it go faster.
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| |  08 Jun 2005
Corus, the international metals company, has now entered its seventh year as exclusive sponsor of Coventry University’s MA Automotive Design Show. 2005 sees the beginning of a new era for the Show, which moves from its traditional slot in September, to a new date in December. This year’s event will be held at the prestigious Coventry Transport Museum on Thursday 1 December.
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| |  02 Jun 2005
Speaking today at the European Automotive Components Expo in Stuttgart, Guido Wolf, manager strategic marketing, Corus Special Strip, told delegates how innovative new steels from Corus for vehicle fluid handling systems will help the automotive industry overcome existing and future environmental and technical challenges.
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| |  31 May 2005
The ability to supply consistent, high quality material and meet stringent service and delivery goals has secured a major contract for Corus to supply Stadco, one of Europe’s leading automotive body-in-white specialists, with a wide range of cut and pressed panel blanks.
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| |  11 May 2005
Following significant investment, Corus Automotive Engineering, part of the technology function of the international metals company, has announced the successful upgrading of its IT systems, which has boosted its advanced computing capacity and throughput
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| |  29 Apr 2005
Corus, the international metals company, is once again supporting some of Europe’s leading student race teams - the Universities of Birmingham, Delft and Warwick - in the 2005 International Formula Student programme.
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| |  11 Mar 2005
Integration of the Corus-Vegter model into PAM-STAMP 2G software improves reliability and cost benefits. Paris, London, 11 March 2005 - Corus, the international metals producer, and ESI Group, leading provider of digital simulation software for prototyping and manufacturing processes, today announced the integration of the Corus-Vegter model, a new advanced material simulation model, into PAM-STAMP 2G software package. Combining Corus and ESI Group expertise, this partnership will help automotive designers and engineers to significantly improve the accuracy of formability analysis predictions and press stamping evaluations
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| |  02 Mar 2005
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it has invested significantly to upgrade its precision tubes facility in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, following confirmation that it has secured Europe's largest single automotive hydroformed tube contract.
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| |  27 Feb 2005
Materials and vehicle engineering expertise from Corus during the development stages of LDV’s all-new MAXUS range of light commercial vehicles has helped to deliver weight and cost benefits to the Birmingham based manufacturer.
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| |  10 Feb 2005
Corus’ specialist large panel press blanking capability has resulted in the international metals company securing an additional contract to supply Land Rover with the rear door outer panels for the all new Range Rover Sport, being launched this summer.
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| |  12 Jan 2005
Corus has won a contract to supply Ricardo, one of the world’s leading independent engineering consultancies, with its specialist, ultra clean steel to manufacture the company’s latest generation of ultra high performance sports car and motorsport transmissions and gearboxes.
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| |  12 Nov 2004
Corus has developed a roadside barrier system that exceeds the latest European EN1317 standard for the containment of vehicles and is expected to help improve road safety in crash situations.
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| |  22 Sep 2004
Charles Drury’s ‘God is in the details, but nobody saw Him coming’ concept was awarded the ‘Best Vehicle Design’ accolade in the Corus sponsored ‘MOVE’, the private view of the Coventry University MA Automotive Design Show.
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| |  02 Sep 2004
Corus has announced a major new contract to supply ZF Sachs, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of powertrain components, with its latest 'Highclad' product - a unique copper-clad steel that will be used to make the company’s latest generation of torque converters.
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| | 22 Jul 2004
Corus has developed a range of lean alloy steels that will enable the automotive gearbox industry the ability to control and predict the level of distortion in the manufacture of transmissions. This will help the industry produce gearboxes and shafts with improved noise vibration and harshness (NVH) characteristics, and importantly, help both to reduce costs through improved machine-ability and allow for more environmentally- friendly production processes.
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| | 13 Jul 2004
Corus' unique ability to produce inner-body vehicle panel blanks of up to 3mm thickness has resulted in a supply contract for the new MINI Convertible.
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| | 02 Jul 2004
Professor Jon King, director of Corus Automotive, has officially opened the new Automotive Engineering Centre (AEC) at the University of Hertfordshire (26 June 2003). The new centre introduces modern facilities in automotive engineering design and technology for undergraduate courses and post-graduate research
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| | 26 Jun 2004
The supply of fasteners into the automotive industry has been radically improved, thanks to an initiative bringing together three key players in the supply chain, the international metals company Corus, wire drawer Caparo Wire, and finished component manufacturer Emhart Teknologies
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| | 11 Jun 2004
The first fatigue tests of the most performance-critical grade of steel yet to be produced by Corus have been successful.
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| | 19 May 2004
Corus is using advanced computer aided engineering (CAE) techniques combined with its extensive material expertise to help TKA Tallent Chassis optimise the design of future chassis suspension systems. The unique collaborative programme will help to reduce the time and cost of new development programmes.
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| | 14 May 2004
Corus has announced a £14m (€21m) investment at its Scunthorpe rod mill in the UK that will benefit users of high performance steel rod.
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| | 03 Apr 2004
Corus Automotive, who specialise in developing innovative vehicle engineering solutions using latest thinking in materials and manufacturing technologies, relocated to Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) on the campus of Warwick University early in 2004.
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| | 16 Jan 2004
Corus has developed a roadside barrier system for elevated highways and bridges, designed to meet the requirements of a new European standard that redefines the requirements for the containment of vehicles in the event of a crash, and gives far greater consideration to vehicle occupant protection.
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| | 12 Nov 2003
A ground-breaking new design of wheel disc for off-highway vehicles has been developed by Telford-based GKN Wheels, Corus and SSAB Swedish Steel, using advanced high strength steels (HSS) that are up to four times stronger than ordinary mild steel.
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| | 23 Oct 2003
Corus has successfully developed a range of new, extremely clean steels that will help manufacturers of the latest generation of diesel fuel injection systems meet the growing demand from carmakers for improvements in performance, fuel efficiency and cost.
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| | 07 Oct 2003
Corus has won the contract to supply LTI Vehicles with 100 per cent of its skin panel steel blank requirements...
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| | 23 Sep 2003
Meng Feng Hseih was awarded the ‘Best Vehicle Design’ accolade in the Corus sponsored ‘Streets Ahead’, the private view of the Coventry University MA Automotive Design Show 2003. The winning design was selected from a line-up of twenty-six international students by a distinguished judging panel, which included Peter Horbury, executive director of design at Ford’s Premier Automotive Group.
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| | 16 Sep 2003
Corus hosted a World Class Network (WCN) seminar in association with Birmingham’s Technology Innovation Centre (tic) on future steel technologies at the company’s Automotive Service Centre in Wolverhampton last Thursday 11 September.
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| | 07 Aug 2003
Corus has announced that its Strip Products UK business based in South Wales and its specialist laser welding facility, Autolaser Technologies, in Wednesfield, West Midlands have acquired certification to the new ISO/TS 16949: 2002 quality approval standard.
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| | 26 Jul 2003
Corus has successfully developed an aluminium tube which is suitable for hydroforming.
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| | 28 May 2003
Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it is to establish a Just-in-Time (JIT) supply facility in Coventry.
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| | 14 May 2003
Corus has won a contract to supply Ford with its advanced Neotec steel...
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| | 07 Apr 2003
Corus has announced that it is commissioning a new research and development facility for studying the next generation of automotive laser welding and brazing techniques. The new facility will be based at the company’s R&D centre in IJmuiden in the Netherlands and already has a full schedule of Automotive R&D programmes.
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| | 28 Mar 2003
Corus invests in additional steel blanking line to help meet 100% supply contract for Mayflower Vehicle Systems
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| | 03 Mar 2003
Fractim is a new steel that has been developed by Engineering steels for use primarily in connecting rods for engines. The properties of this new product not only afford greater machinability, but also allow the connecting rod to be split, or fractured, to create a matching connecting rod and cap. This gives significant cost savings as well as improved performance in use.
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| | 07 Jan 2003
Corus and Sumitomo have agreed to speed up development of new products following their first year of successful collaboration.
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