JFE Steel Develops HITEN (Ultra-high Tensile Strength Steel) for Commercial Use / Interview with Kazuhiro Seto, Head of Steel Research Laboratory / Aiming for 2 Gigapascals (GPa) for Cars

HITEN, which helps reduce the weight of automobiles and enhance collision safety, is continuing to evolve. It’s mainly used for body parts of automobiles, and currently the maximum tensile strength that can be achieved for products suitable for cold presses is 1.5 GPa. Until a while ago, that was said to be impossible to achieve. But late...