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October
2007
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Chrysler,
Daimler and AISI have announced a new joint project
that utilizes advanced high-strength steels to achieve
increased fuel economy while improving passenger
protection.
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Chrysler
and Daimler Look to Advanced High-Strength Steels for
Design of Future Vehicles
Chrysler,
Daimler and AISI held a joint press conference on August
22 to announce the results of their most recent project
utilizing advanced high-strength steels (AHSS). This
is not the first time AISI's Automotive Applications
team has worked with each of the Big Three automakers
to advance automotive design through the use of AHSS.
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"Setting
the Standard," which highlights the American
steel industry's environmental leadership, is
the newest ad for AISI's New Steel Campaign.
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AISI's New Steel Campaign Returns with Launch of New Fall Ad
In
time for Congress' return from August recess, AISI introduced
a new ad as part of the fall lineup for its New Steel
Campaign. The campaign's newest ad, called "Setting
the Standard," focuses on the American steel industry's
environmental leadership. The ad, which has also been
turned into a radio ad, highlights the fact that the
American steel industry is ahead of the Kyoto greenhouse
emissions goals by 240 percent. In addition, the ad
also shows how the industry is developing new innovative
technologies to ensure that the North American Steel
industry continues to set environmental benchmarks.
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Since
the National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program
(NVMSRP) began in August 2006, more than 635,000
mercury switches have been collected, as is highlighted
in the NVMSRP 2006-2007
Annual Report.
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National
Mercury Switch Program Celebrates First-Year Accomplishments
The
National Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery Program (NVMSRP)
is celebrating its one-year anniversary with the release
of the program's Annual Report for 2006-2007. NVMSRP's
aim is to facilitate the voluntary removal of mercury
switches that can be found in 2002 and older model automobiles,
before being recycled, in order to benefit the environment
in terms of mercury reduction.
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The
Hot Strip Mill Model is one of several successful
technologies developed under the AISI/DOE Technology
Roadmap Program and is currently in use by 20
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Hot
Strip Mill Model Technology Generates Nearly $100,000
in Royalties
The
Hot Strip Mill Model (HSMM), one of several successful
technologies developed under the AISI/DOE Technology
Roadmap Program, is currently in use by 20 companies
around the world and has returned nearly $100,000 in
royalties to AISI. Licensed to INTEG Process Group,
the HSMM is an off-line metallurgical model capable
of predicting the thermal evolution, deformation behavior
and resulting microstructure of steels being processed
in a hot strip mill from the roughing mill to the coiler.
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The
metal roofing training program involves 10 days
of intensive training with tools and metal roofing
materials.
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Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College Offers Metal Roofing Training
On
September 24, 2007 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
along with the Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA) launched a
short-term training program for local students on the
installation of metal roofs. MRA developed this training
program through support it receives as a partnering organization
in the Gulf Coast Steel Initiative (GCSI), a collective
effort of the steel industry to help reshape future construction
in the region.
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