Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that its Cherepovets Steel Mill plans to increase deliveries of hot dip galvanized rolled products to GAZ Group, Russia's largest automotive engineering holding, in 2012.
GAZ Group, one of the Cherepovets Steel Mill's major clients, accounts for more than 73 percent of its total deliveries of rolled products, with in excess of 100,000 mt being shipped to GAZ Group enterprises between July 2011 and May 2012.
The Cherepovets Steel Mill is also exploring the possibility of supplying its rolled high-strength steel grades for joint projects undertaken by GAZ with its partners, including Volkswagen and General Motors, initially on a trial basis.