The Russian steel producer Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that it has ensured conformity of its galvanized rolled products with the requirements of Ford Motor Company.
Accordingly, these requirements apply to car-making products shipped to Ford's automotive plants worldwide. Corresponding standards are set forth with regard to dent-resistant steel sheets (with deformation hardening and BH-effect) and hot-dipped low-alloy products with high and ultrahigh formability. MMK is now prepared to ship its new standardized products to the market.
Within its strategic goal to make sure that the quality of its auto sheets supplied for domestic automakers and global automotive companies with production lines in Russia meets international standards, MMK has been building its cold rolling mill 2000 in Magnitogorsk. The mill's output will be further processed at the premises of MMK-Intercos service center and stamped components plant in St. Petersburg. The first stage of this service-and-production facility was commissioned in late November 2010. It will supply prefabricated sheets and stamped products along with stamped-and-welded components to carmakers operating in northwestern Russia.