Advancing Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) Testing for 3rd Gen AHSS

Over the past six years, the A/SP Joining Team has led a focused, data-driven effort to understand and mitigate Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME) in resistance spot welding of 3rd Generation Advanced High-Strength Steels (3rd Gen AHSS). This work has helped remove a...

Where Classroom Meets Factory Floor: A/SP and MTU Partner to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Advanced High-Strength Steel Trim Tools   The Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP) is sponsoring a Capstone Project at Michigan Technological University (MTU) to explore the...

Help Shape the Next A/SP Training

Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP) is preparing its next round of live training—and we’re starting with automotive engineers. Before scheduling sessions or locking in topics, we’re asking automotive engineers, manufacturing and process professionals, materials experts, and...

Where Classroom Meets Factory Floor: A/SP and MTU Partner to Advance Additive Manufacturing for Advanced High-Strength Steel Trim Tools   The Auto/Steel...

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Help Shape the Next A/SP Training

Help Shape the Next A/SP Training

Auto/Steel Partnership (A/SP) is preparing its next round of live training—and we’re starting with automotive engineers. Before scheduling sessions or locking in...

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About Auto/Steel Partnership

Automotive Innovation, Research, and Steel Resources
The Auto/Steel Partnership is a consortium of steel mills, automakers Stellantis, General Motors Company, Toyota and tier one Affiliates. Formed in 1987, the Partnership leverages the resources of the automotive and steel industries to pursue research, validation and education that have helped automakers enhance vehicle safety and fuel economy while improving design and manufacturing. Through the Auto/Steel Partnership, automakers, steel companies and tier suppliers have worked to drive improvements from concept through realization in vehicles on the road today.

VISION STATEMENT:
The Auto/Steel Partnership will deliver, to the automotive industry, future steel innovations and solutions that meet society’s needs for sustainable vehicles.

MISSION STATEMENT:
To achieve sustainable automotive solutions, Auto/Steel Partnership will appropriately leverage the:

  • Intellectual and technical resources of the automotive, steel and related industries / organizations;
  • Inherent high-performance characteristics of steel; and
  • Innovations in design optimization and manufacturing technologies.

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