Ansteel's independently developed cold-stamped axle housing steel recently passed the certification of a major automotive brand, and the two parties officially signed a technical agreement. This marks the product's successful acquisition of mass production qualification from the OEM, ensuring full compatibility with relevant vehicle platforms. As a core load-bearing component of automobiles, the axle housing directly determines the vehicle's safety and energy efficiency, requiring extremely high strength, formability, and fatigue resistance in the materials. This certification is not only another breakthrough for Ansteel in the field of high-performance automotive steel, but also injects new core competitiveness into its ANautoS automotive steel solutions brand.

The high-performance bridge shell steel that has passed certification this time is a significant achievement of Ansteel's ANautoS brand matrix. Relying on an integrated "sales, research, and production" collaborative mechanism, Ansteel's Technology Center, in conjunction with multiple departments, formed a special task force. Through microalloying strengthening composition design and advanced smelting and rolling process innovation, they precisely solved the technical challenge of balancing material strength and formability. During the certification process, the product underwent multiple rounds of rigorous testing, including mechanical properties, forming processes, and welding compatibility. All indicators fully met the customer's technical standards, earning high recognition.

ANautoS, a core automotive steel brand developed by Ansteel by integrating resources across its entire business scope, has established a system covering all product categories, serving over 9 million tons annually and meeting the diverse needs of more than 350 car models. This collaboration marks the second time Ansteel has partnered with this automotive brand, following their earlier collaboration on beam steel, and is a vivid example of ANautoS's commitment to its "one face, full-chain collaboration" service philosophy. From R&D to certification, Ansteel, through its early intervention via EVI (Electronic Vehicle Information System), precisely aligns with the customer's lightweighting goals, ensuring seamless product compatibility with vehicle platforms.

In the future, Ansteel will take this certification as an opportunity to further enhance the ANautoS brand, focus on the core needs of automotive lightweighting, increase investment in the research and development of high-performance automotive steel, deepen joint research and development with leading automakers, promote the application of more high-end products, and help the green upgrading of China's automotive industry through material innovation.