Review of Operations

Product Development

The main focus areas for strip products continued to be the further development of steel grades with high strength and good formability and coated steels with sophisticated coating properties. These developments are partly carried out in partnership with other companies, such as the development of High Strength and Ductility (HSD) steels in collaboration with Salzgitter and of a physical vapour deposition (PVD) based coating process in collaboration with POSCO.