ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products
Fabio D’Aiuto: FCA works with our best suppliers to develop new materials which can help us achieve our lightweighting targets. Fortiform® is interesting for us because it is a new material which offers high performance, particularly in formability. We need difficult shapes and Fortiform® 1050 allowed us to achieve that, and at a lower cost than other materials. One part of the EuroCarBody evaluation relates to design and materials, so it’s clear that Fortiform® 1050 contributed to the vehicle receiving the award.
We are very interested in the Fortiform® 980 and 1180 grades ArcelorMittal is developing. We are considering using these new grades in future models.
Fabio D’Aiuto, Manager of the Metals Department in FCA’s Group Materials Labs
Alfa-Romeo Giulia floor with frontal and central seat cross members in Fortiform® 1050
Alfa-Romeo Giulia body structure
Alfa-Romeo Giulia
Fabio D’Aiuto: At FCA we’re aiming for low CO2 emissions, low fuel consumption, excellent car performance, and a high level of sustainability. Today, the material that provides the best compromise between cost, performance, and sustainability is steel.
Fabio D’Aiuto: All three points are very important. Light weight is important for fuel consumption and emissions, and for sustainability. Steel is the best choice as it allows us to achieve the same characteristics as other materials, but at a lower environmental cost. And it is recyclable, without any significant change in performance and this reduces its environmental impact further. Cost efficiency just completes the picture because the strength of steel is very high compared with the cost.
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