Strength of Steel newsletter

Historically, a number of automotive industry OEMs have been reluctant to use recycled steel for their crankshafts. This is despite its considerable potential to reduce the carbon footprint of their products.

Europe was already facing up to challenging times as we emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic. Now we are facing further major disruption to supply chains following Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine.

Within Ovako we have a lot of historical and new knowledge on steel topics that will never cease to be important: heat treatment, welding, machining, wear resistance, quantifying steel cleanness and many others.

The most commonly-used standard method to determine the cleanness of a steel was developed many decades ago when steel quality was significantly lower.

Good intentions are great, but positive action is what really counts. That is why at Ovako we are proud to start the new year with fully carbon-neutral operations.

The nature of a hydraulic cylinder requires a fairly long and slender design. That makes the risk of buckling an important dimensioning factor.

The current COP26 negotiations are rightly drawing a lot of attention from all around the world. Ovako was invited to present its current developments.

We recently started an ambitious initiative to achieve full carbon neutrality across all Ovako’s operations.