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Products/Solutions Designing the Future of Automobiles

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NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’sSolution Technologies

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Total Solution Proposal～ Realizing Attractive Car Body Manufacturing ～

“Manufacturing” Technology Acquired through Steel Manufacturing

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Customer Trend/Needs

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group has the advantages which are most advanced global supplying systems and its competence to propose solutions that encompass not only coherent development, production and sales systems but also such technologies as aided processing.

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NIPPON STEEL Steel Processing (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Thai Precision Products

Siam Nippon Steel Pipe

Thai Steel Pipe Industry

ChinaBaosteel-NSC Automotive Steel Sheets

IndiaJamshedpur Continuous Annealing & Processing

Nippon Steel Pipe IndiaSMI-Amtek Crankshaft

Europe ArcelorMittal**technical cross-license

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Suzuki Garphyttan

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

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NIPPON STEEL TEXENG. CO., LTD.

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NIPPON STEEL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

NIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation

NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.

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2-5-2, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005 ☎:+81-3-6860-6600 (main)

3-3-3, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka 530-0005 ☎:+81-6-6225-0761 (main)

4-14-1, Soto-Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0021 ☎:+81-3-5207-7600 (main)

2-27-1, Shinkawa, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0033 ☎:+81-3-5117-4111 (main)

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’sProposals for Car Body Manufacturing

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’s

I/N KoteSuzuki GarphyttanINDIANA PRECISION FORGE

Seymour TubingInternational CrankshaftNIPPON STEEL INTEGRATED CRANKSHAFT

NIPPON STEEL COLD HEADING WIRE INDIANA INC.

VietnamVietnam Steel ProductsChina Steel Sumikin Vietnam Joint Stock Company

IndonesiaIndonesia Nippon Steel Pipe

Proposals for Car Body ManufacturingNIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’s Domestic NetworkNIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’s Domestic Network: Automotive Bases Only

NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’s Overseas NetworkNIPPON STEEL CORPORATION Group’s Overseas Network: Automotive Bases Only

Suzuki Garphyttan

Wuxi NSP Automotive Parts

NBC ChinaShanghai Neturen

Guangzhou You-Ri Automotive Parts

Guangzhou Asahi-Ns-Mit Automotive Parts

HUIZHOU NIPPON STEEL FORGING CO., LTD.

5) Design/evaluation solution technology

1) Lightweight material

2) Parts function-improving material (other than lightweight material)

3) Commercial process-cutting material

6) Other materials/solution technology

4) Method solution technology/equipment

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AnalysisTechnology

FormingTechnology

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WeldingTechnology

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Suzuki Garphyttan

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Exhaust manifold

Suspension springEngine

Stabilizer

Engine cradle

Constant-velocity joint

Motor generator

Transmission

Propeller shaft

Differential gear

Drive shaft

HV battery

SteeringTorsion beam Muf�er

Front pillar

Center pillar

Rear �oor

Side panel outer

Door outer Side sill

Cross memberFront side member

Bumper

Front fender

Front �oor

Trunk lid

Advanced Products/Technologies that Support Future Car BodiesAdvanced Products/Technologies that Support Future Car Bodies 5) Design/evaluation solution technology

3) Commercial process-cutting material 6) Other materials/solution technology

4) Method solution technology/equipmentMaterial solution that ensures the safety characteristics of the automotive body and parts while making them lightweight and also contributes to environmental concerns through fuel ef�ciency improvement.

Material solution that contributes in making automotive parts highly functional and highly ef�cient.

Material solution that trims down processing and the process �ow of welding in regards to the manufacturing process of automotive body and parts.

Solution for structural designing and analysis/evaluation to use up the material characteristics we provide.

Materials/solution for hybrid/electric vehicles by employing new materials.

Solution for processing/molding and connecting method to utilize the material characteristics we provide.

❻ Exclusive Parts for HV, Electric Vehicles and Fuel Cell Vehicles

❺ Electric Components

❹ Power Train/Drive Shaft

❸ Suspension

❶ Inner/Outer Panels

❷ Automotive Body Framework

❼ Others

Continuous �ange method Regular method

CAD shapeExistingtechnology

Developmenttechnology

Experiment

Supporting rollers

Material feeder

Bending robot

Induction coil/cooling jacket

Textured treatment

Waterspraying

Waterabsorbing

Bottom

1180DP

Body type: 1/10Price: ≦1/2Energy consumption: 1/10

Ordinary HF equipment Compact HF equipment

TS440 high tensile strength steel for outer panels with an extremely high dent resistance due to the high-yield stress realized after baking.

High Tensile Strength Steel for Outer Panels440BH CR/GA

Flat Products Unit

TS≧980MPa High strength steel for framework of automotive body with high formability.

Ultra High Tensile Strength Steel with Good Formability980TRIP CR/GA, 980DP CR/GA, 1180TRIP CR/GA, 1180DP CR/GA, 1310DP CR

Flat Products Unit

Hot stamp process shows excellent accuracy by lower forming load at stamping, and achieves a strength of more than TS1500 after the quenching process.

Steel Sheets for Hot Stamping1500HS HR/CR/GA/GI/Al, 1800HS CR

Flat Products Unit

High tensile strength steel with excellent formability that has greatly improved the hole-expanding characteristic (burring capability).

High Tensile Strength Steel with High-λHR 780λ, 980λ, CR 980λ, Hot original sheet GA 780λ

Flat Products Unit

Hot-rolled high tensile strength steel with a high design quality that has excellent fatigue-resistant property and press formability.

High Tensile Strength Steel for Good Design WheelsHR 590DP, 780DP

Flat Products Unit

Group of methods that allow forming of ultra high tensile strength steel to be done with conventional press machines. Low pressing load, high yield, etc. realized by bending and special dies.

Ultra High Tensile Easy-to-form Technology(NSafeTMForm series)

Flat Products Unit

The range of forming has been extremely improved by adding a highly-lubricating quality. Contributes to the application of difficult-to-formed parts.

Highly-lubricating L-treated Steel Sheet (GA)

Flat Products Unit

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Method that allows continuous flange forming of the edges of parts to be done even with high tensile materials.

Continuous Flange Forming Technology

Parts manufacturing equipment that utilizes hot stamping and 3DQ technology.

Hot Stamping, 3DQ Parts Manufacturing Equipment

TWB processing equipment that realizes the world’s best high productivity and high quality.

High-performance TWB Processing Equipment

Flat Products Unit

Method that shortens the amount of time needed for tempering by flushing water between the die surface and steel sheet by directly cooling the steel sheet with water.

Rapid Cooling Technology for Hot Stamping

Flat Products Unit

Analysis technology that can predict with high precision from nugget formation to expulsion based on the abundant material data and original analysis model.

Spot Welding Analysis Technology

Flat Products Unit

Crash experiment and evaluation technology of the parts, module structure and actual vehicle realized by doing drop-off tests, horizontal crash tests and pre-crash analysis.

Crash Experiment & Evaluation Technology

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

High strength suspension spring steel with excellent delayed fracture resistance and durability.

High Strength Suspension Spring Steel

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

High strength microalloyed steel for hot forgings such as crankshafts, connecting rods and suspension system parts.

High Strength Microalloyed SteelNIPPON STEEL Stainless Steel Corporation

Thinner sheet thickness compared to the existing 429 type with excellent high-temperature strength and press processing quality. NSSC448EM, 190EM.

High Temperature Exhaust Manifold Steel

Downsizing of EGR realized by using ferritic steel grade that has a high thermal conductivity.

Ferritic Steel Grade for EGR Coolers

Railway, Automotive & Machinery Parts Unit

Forged crankshaft for various types of vehicles from passenger to large-sized cars. Optimum material and appropriate shape proposed that suit such needs as weight saving, noise reduction and high intensity.

Highly-functional Forged Crankshaft

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Steel for connecting rods with high strength and excellent fracture properties.

High Strength Cracking Steel for Connecting Rods

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Wire rods for high strength valve springs with excellent inclusion quality and high durability.

Wire Rods for High Strength Valve Springs

The optimum material appropriate for pitching resistance (for transmissions) and impact resistance (for differentials).

Steel for High Strength Gear Wheels

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Steel for high strength CVT pulley with excellent abrasion resistance and pitching resistance.

Steel for High Strength CVT Pulley

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Steel for transmission gears with excellent minor heat treat distortion and fatigue property.

Highly-durable Nitrocarburized Steel with Low Distortion

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Steel for CVJ outer race and shafts with high torsion strength.

High Strength Steel for High Frequency Induction Hardening

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Steel for 12-16T high-strength bolts with excellent delayed fracture resistance.

Steel for High-strength Bolts

Compact hydroforming equipment that saves resources and space

Compact HF Equipment

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Wire rods suitable for ultrafine wire drawing and stranding process with excellent inclusion, segregation and surface quality.

Wire Rods for Steel Tire Cords

The closed-cross sectional structure realizes excellent fatigue property, weight saving and cost performance.

Steel Pipes for Torsion Beams

Flat Products Unit

Torsional stiffness of actual vehicles and BIW can be measured by original developed equipment.

High-precision forming analysis technology realized by predicting springback, cracks on the edges, surface strain, etc. through analysis based on accurate material characteristic data.

High-precision Forming Analysis Technology

Pipe & Tube UnitFlat Products Unit

Technology that attains high tensile strength and a 3D shape through simultaneous processing of heating, bending and quenching.

3DQ Technology

Flat Products Unit

High-precision crash analysis technology realized by using both accurate material characterist ic data and the company’s original fracture(base material, spot welding) predicting model“NSafeTM-SPOT/ MAT.”

High-precision Crash Analysis Technology

Flat Products Unit

Steel pipes with excellent fatigue property due to heavy walled high-intensity pipes.

Steel Pipes for Stabilizers

Forming technology with a wide application range such as simultaneously forming tube rollers and fastener components.

Advanced Hydro-forming Technology

Flat Products Unit

Highly-functional high tensile strength steel with excellent formability, abrasion resistance and quenching quality.

High-carbon Steel PlateFlat Products Unit

Easy manufacturing of forged parts by realizing thickening/thinning control through steel plate press processing.

Flat Products Unit

Excellent corrosion resistance both on flat surfaces and on cut-end allows eliminating post-painting.

Plate Forging Technology

Seamless steel pipe for side impact airbags with excellent dimensional tolerance, high intensity and toughness due to induction-heated tempering.

Air Bag/Inflator Steel Pipe

SuperDymaTM

Super mild alloy, mild alloy and grain coarsening resistant steel used for transmission applications.

High Strength Good Processability Steel

High reduction efficiency and high durability realized by thin foils and special brazing. Used for exhaust purification converters.

Thin Foil Metal Substrate

Seamless steel pipe for high-pressure type fuel injection that provides cleaner exhaust gas.

Clean Diesel Fuel Injection Pipe

Steel for Common-rail with high internal pressure fatigue property that is essential for clean diesels.

Steel for High Strength Common-rail

Pipe & Tube Unit

Small, lightweight auxiliary brake equipment for commercial vehicles that contributes to enhanced safety and maintenance cost reduction.

Permanent Magnetic Retarder

Formability and Fatigue property are improved by fine crystal grain. Can be applied for gaskets of high-load engine. NSSMC-NAR-301L HS1, HSX.

High Fatigue Strength Gasket Stainless Steel

Stainless steel plate with no magnetic property after deep drawing which can be applied for motor cover, etc. NSSMC-NAR-305G.

Non-magnetic Stainless Steel

Titanium Unit

Low Nickel austenitic heat-resistant steel with excellent high temperature strength and oxidation resistance. Applied for exhaust system parts. NSSMC-NAR-AH-4.

Low Nickel High Strength Heat-resistant Stainless Steel

Titanium Unit

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Distortion can be forecasted by simulating the gear shape after carburization based on accurate material characteristic data.

Simulation Technology on Heat Treat Distortion

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Good processability steel for suspension system parts, CVJ outer race, and shafts.

Superforge

Bar & Wire Rod Unit

Formed products with 2 parts molded as a single piece by using a high-process material and highly moldable pipes.

Integral Forming Pipe

Pipe & Tube Unit

Titanium Unit

Flat Products Unit

Non-oriented electrical steel sheet that achieves a good balance between low iron loss and high magnetic flux density and can efficiently convert electric energy into mechanical energy (torque).

HILITECORETM

Excellent quality control system based on full-scale manufacturing. Applied for anode leads of lithium-ion cell.

Pure Nickel Foil for Lithium-ion Cell Anode Lead

Titanium Unit

Corrosion resistance realized in the cell environment by low contact resistance. Used as a separator for fuel cells.

Metal Separator for Fuel Cell

Provides the inspection line of HV and electric vehicle battery cells and evaluation equipment for development.

Rechargeable Battery Cell Charge-discharge Inspecting Technology

Provides fast chargers for electric vehicles.

Fast Charging Technology

Resin sheet material that is an alternative to glass. Very transparent with a strong surface hardness and low density (1/2 of glass).

SILPLUS®

System that can effectively share/utilize all information from automotive body, parts development, designing to manufacturing preparation. Contributes to QCD.

PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) Solution

Aluminum wheel for trucks and buses with all three advantages of improved fuel consumption due to weight saving, strong and stable quality and the excellent brilliance.

High-brilliance Aluminium Wheel “Tough Bright” for Trucks/Buses

The high strength (TS≧900) and the ultra-thin thickness (≦0.010mm) make high capacity and secure batteries possible, and lengthen battery life. Can be used for both cathodes and anodes.

Stainless Steel Foils for LIB Current Collectors

Respective welding methods (spot, arc, laser, etc.) and welding requirements of high tensile materials based on our wealth of knowledge are proposed that meet the needs of our customers.

Welding Technology for Ultra High Tensile Steel Sheets

Actual Stiffness Measuring & Evaluation Technology

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