Corporate responsibility report 2004 - Tata Steel
Corporate responsibility report 2004 - Tata Steel
Corporate responsibility report 2004 - Tata Steel
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Environment<br />
Where aluminium has been the<br />
material of choice, Corus Aluminium<br />
Rolled Products at Duffel, Belgium,<br />
has developed new materials such as<br />
Ecolite, which is not just lightweight<br />
and strong, but importantly uses the<br />
same alloy as other panels on a car,<br />
enabling it to be recycled more<br />
effectively and efficiently. Such<br />
aluminium product developments<br />
have been possible thanks to a<br />
€50m (£34m) investment at Duffel<br />
in a unique continuous annealing line,<br />
and other investments to offer even<br />
wider sheet to car makers for use in<br />
bonnet and roof applications.<br />
Greener fuel tanks<br />
To help vehicle manufacturers develop<br />
emission-free fuel tanks that meet<br />
future environmental legislation<br />
and recycling targets for end of life<br />
vehicles, we have developed Neotec.<br />
A lead-free metallic (tin/zinc alloy)<br />
coated steel, Neotec has a number<br />
of advantages over single or<br />
multi-layered plastics for fuel tanks.<br />
<strong>Steel</strong> not only contains recycled<br />
material, but also it is the most<br />
recycled material in the world, with<br />
an established and robust recovery<br />
route. Given the recycling targets in<br />
the EU End of Life Vehicles Directive<br />
and probable new environmental<br />
legislation requiring vehicles to have<br />
zero fuel evaporative emissions,<br />
there has never been a better time<br />
to switch from plastic to lightweight<br />
and recyclable steel fuel tanks.<br />
We have already had a very positive<br />
response from the industry, with<br />
Neotec being used by Ford and<br />
Proton, amongst others.<br />
Contributing to a quieter world<br />
Corus Engineering <strong>Steel</strong>s has<br />
developed cleaner steels for use in<br />
advanced diesel injection systems<br />
that have been fundamental to the<br />
refinement of diesel engines and<br />
lean-alloy steels that are used in the<br />
manufacture of improved vehicle<br />
transmissions. As a result, surface<br />
tolerances have improved, which is<br />
leading to less noise, vibration and<br />
harshness from these components,<br />
with consequently less noise both<br />
inside and outside the vehicle.<br />
We are members of the ULSAB-AVC<br />
consortium.<br />
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