http://www.corusautomotive.com en 07-May-2009 09:18:37 Corus Vignette 7 Framework Copyright: (C) Corus 15 http://www.corusautomotive.com/static/images/rss.gif http://www.corusautomotive.com/ Corus announce the enhanced version of its original Vegter material model - ‘Vegter Lite’. The new version is based on a reduced set of test data requirements but with the same levels of simulation accuracy. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/vegter_lite ca8bd2d71efee110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus has employed its unique expertise in the use of strain measurement systems by using its new analysis tool ‘Argus’ to help Volvo Car Corporation optimise its press shop tooling at the company’s Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden, in support of the new XC60 crossover vehicle launch. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/volvo_xc60 92c0474cb478d110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD The ability to provide a unique mix of materials and blanking tool expertise during early production development stages of Jaguar’s new XF has helped Corus, the international steel company, secure a major contract to supply the OEM with complicated pressed shaped blanks for the highly acclaimed model. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2008_JagXF 5a0149be09e0c110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2008_formula_student e10dcf72e019a110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2008_go60 651b0c4a071e9110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2008_lightweighting 0623f93854f99110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2008_Ford_genk 85a9a7e04cae8110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_alumni_awards bb910046fa8c6110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_CSPUK_top_supplier 2b5e0751b6786110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_Tallent c55950f623e35110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_Smart_weld 2249fee74a4d3110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_rod_goes_east 50a1bb5f33ea2110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_makeroadssafe 2aa013e7bfb42110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_formula_student 9e79d08ab9322110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_ultrasonic 9e5b9ea0c1471110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_RCA 5d201d47d8ef0110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2007_Protect db1ee6773cf60110VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_forum_identifies_challenges 103193c2b0f5f010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_Corus_supports_design_award 979d6a9749e3f010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_NedCar 3352be8aa461f010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_laser_brazing 7ea63f3cf36ee010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_blanking_line_investment 9de024c5a398e010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_clean_steels_for_volvo f9c356f6cef5e010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_collaboration_with_DAF 78639d97e501e010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_key_role_with_JCB b67629339e3fc010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_Industry_Forum 531c5917573bc010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_galaxy 7b5ec84bd509c010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Automotive spring-grade wire rod from Corus is being used to manufacture transmission springs for the first time. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_haldex d22ae6f382b8b010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus, the international steel company, is proud to announce its support of JCBs aim to break the world land speed record for a diesel-powered automobile. The world record attempt will take place in August 2006 at the Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, in the JCB DIESELMAX vehicle, which will be driven by Wing Commander Andy Green, the fastest man on earth. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_dieselmax 5c130af90276b010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_inform bdc620293334b010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_Triumph 389866fcde32b010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_formula_student06 b0638b78175fa010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_hydroformed_crashbox c03bfd962de5a010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_cci_distribution cc5f465260c3a010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_sdf_con_rod 637dbf7c5c30a010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_tubes_crash_can 975db082ec949010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2006_Phast 23fbe986edc29010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_MA_design_show 60b66648eb6f7010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_alive_and_well ffb5b7c5a0307010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_tenneco 59f87e4f5a9e6010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_Envirobond 59ee1f1878d56010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_proton_neotec 3f0554e00ac75010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_Springs c4cd0f63f0275010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_CCI_Export 216826451a175010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_racing_for_holland b451aa0607484010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_design_show 625fa21a0ab74010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_vehicle_fluid_handling_systems 83f5cdb207654010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_stadco 858d0b7bca754010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_it_upgrade 65c011ebe06c3010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_formula_student 918a11ebe06c3010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/corus-vegter-data daca1defa6292010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_hydroform_discovery3 1f1840d86e282010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/contract_with_ldv 3be9d2067d952010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/press-release-range-rover-sport eb1afa5427882010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_ricardo_contract 7b4ba685c7aa1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/crash_barrier dbc02fa3c1660010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_student_design e2dba685c7aa1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2005_zf_sachs 2efba685c7aa1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_lean_alloy_gear_steels 391ca685c7aa1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_MINI_Convertible_contract_for_Corus 24436c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_opening_aec_university_of_hertfordshire 5a043472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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 http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_corus_caparo_emhart_fasteners 64343472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD The first fatigue tests of the most performance-critical grade of steel yet to be produced by Corus have been successful. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_valve_spring_steel 114da685c7aa1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_chassis_component_design 58403472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus has announced a £14m (€21m) investment at its Scunthorpe rod mill in the UK that will benefit users of high performance steel rod. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_scunthorpe_rod_mill_investment 35203472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_corus_automotive_relocates 7fd03472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2004_corus_helps_advance_road_safety 20013472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_wheel_disc b0223472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_ultra-clean_steels_for_diesel_fuel_injection 7d423472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus has won the contract to supply LTI Vehicles with 100 per cent of its skin panel steel blank requirements... http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_corus_to_supply_pannels_for_black_cabs 31b26c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_design_show 2c033472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_best_practice_briefing_wcn d5333472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_quality_standard ed533472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus has successfully developed an aluminium tube which is suitable for hydroforming. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_corus_develops_aluminium_tube f5b16c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus, the international metals company, has announced that it is to establish a Just-in-Time (JIT) supply facility in Coventry. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_corus_to_establish_dedicated_distribution 4f616c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus has won a contract to supply Ford with its advanced Neotec steel... http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_neotec_ford_contract a0326c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_new_laser_welding_research_facility bbb63472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus invests in additional steel blanking line to help meet 100% supply contract for Mayflower Vehicle Systems http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_investmnt_in_additional_steel_blanking_line ba316c947d50ef00VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD 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. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_fractim_development 34573472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD Corus and Sumitomo have agreed to speed up development of new products following their first year of successful collaboration. http://www.corusautomotive.com/en/news/press_releases/2003_corus_and)sumitomo_report_good_progress 7d773472ed8b1010VgnVCM100000049417acRCRD