Sidenor is a member of the research network named “Lightweight Forging – Innovation Network for Technological Progress in Part, Process and Material Design for Forged Parts in Automotive Technology”
Sidenor is a member of the research network named “Lightweight Forging – Innovation Network for Technological Progress in Part, Process and Material Design for Forged Parts in Automotive Technology”
One of the major challenges of the Lightweight Forging program is the founding, in 2015, of a research network including:
· 4 research associations (FOSTA, AWT, FVA, FSV) which finance research activity by means of funds obtained by the German federation of industrial research associations (AIF). FOSTA (Research association for Steel application, Forschungsvereinigung Stahlanwendung) plays a major role as the leading institution.
· 10 research centres (IWT, IEHF, FZG, UTG, IFV, ISF,…)
· 2 universities
This research network, of which Sidenor has been a member since 2017, aims at contributing to the weight reduction of the powertrain and chassis without damaging the lifetime, by developing new steels and more attractive designs which, in turn, will have to be accompanied by new manufacturing technologies.
More information is available under http://www.massiverleichtbau.de/en/research-network/