Severstal has started manufacturing high-strength and wear-resistant steel grades. Their usage decreases the thickness of rolled metal used by increasing its strength, thus affecting the railroad cargo throughput.
The company has also presented two-layer steel grades.
“The Cherepovets Iron and Steel Works two-layer metal could replace foreign analogues on the Russian market, which the railroad car manufacturers usually have to import”, Severstal Management sales director Evgeny Chernyakov said.
Several Russian railroad car manufacturers have already shown interest to the Severstal innovations. (Ukrainian metal)