Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (MMK) has gone through the second stage of getting its automobile body sheets accepted by the foreign car makers and car parts manufacturers.

The second stage involved MMK producing a series of pilot batches of high-strength hot rolled metal DP600 (in accordance with ТС 14-101-683-2008 standards) and S355MC (in accordance with EN 10149-2:2007 standards) as well as cold-rolled metal products HX220YD, HX220PD (according to DIN EN 10292:2005) and zinc-coated ones HX260LAD, HX300LAD, and HX340LAD (according to DIN EN 10292:2007) and DX54D (according to DIN EN 10327:2004).

Product samples have been sent to Volkswagen AG, Renault, Benteller, OOO Avtovaz, OOO PKF DiPOS, and a number of other automobile manufacturers for the acceptation procedure. The first positive feedback on MMK’s new produce is already available. At the moment, the company is getting ready for the third acceptation stage, MMK PR Department reports.

‘The enterprise’s strategy is targeted at making MMK one of the leading car makers’ suppliers. MMK has been doing business with the largest Russian plants and foreign automobile concerns for a long time; we make an effort to design new products for the car industry and to get them approved by the leading enterprises. Mill2000, our new cold-roll facility, is being put up at the plant at the moment. The mill will be used for making high quality automobile body sheets. What is more, MMK is currently setting up a car parts manufacturing business born out of Saint Petersburg-based ZAO Interkos-IV. This new company’s car parts meet the requirements of the world’s most respectable car makers,’ the company says.