In This Issue:
Sustainability and innovation are covered in the WorldAutoSteel Update this month. We’re featuring a new Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) article on welding methods for EV battery enclosures, showing how process choices can impact the full environmental footprint of a vehicle. We’re also excited to share the latest Member Insights post, where WAS Member Representatives offer perspectives on advancing steel’s role in future mobility. And for those looking to sharpen their technical knowledge, don’t miss steeluniversity’s LCA Basics course—a practical way to build foundational skills in measuring and comparing environmental impacts across the steel and automotive value chain.
LCA for Welding Steel: Material Choice Matters
Even at the joining stage, method choice matters for sustainability. Our latest AHSS Insights article investigates how different welding methods for all-steel EV battery enclosures perform when examined through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) lens. It features a video from the author, Dr. Max Biegler, Head of Department Joining and Coating Technology at Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology IPK. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4lFf8zz
Member Insights: Juan Pablo Pedraza of Ternium
The first of our LinkedIn Member Insights Series features Juan Pablo Pedraza of Ternium, who shares thoughts on steel’s role in sustainable mobility and why collaboration is essential for progress. Read it here: https://bit.ly/4mzIyR5
Get the LCA Basics at steeluniversity
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach to sustainability takes into consideration the whole life of a product or service, from the extraction of raw materials, through manufacturing, use, and end-of-life.
If you or someone on your team needs an introduction to how it works, steeluniversity offers an introductory course on the subject that introduces the methodology to analyse the environmental burdens of product and service systems, featuring Prof Dr. Matthias Finkbeiner.
Take the course here: https://bit.ly/4mUhQ5s