VAMA Gonvarri Advanced Automotive Steel Solutions Co. Ltd (GONVVAMA) is an equal-share partition joint venture between Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel Co. Ltd (VAMA) and Gonvarri Steel Services. As a downstream solution provider for automotive steel, GONVVAMA will be integrated within the supply chain of VAMA as one channel to the clients, specialized in monolithic and laser welded parts (LWB) in steel for hot-stamping applications (for instance Usibor® 1500P and Ductibor® 500P), VHSS/AHSS and exposed panels.
GONVVAMA headquarter of is located in Changshu (Jiangsu province). And four Advanced Technologies and Solutions Centers will be established in Shenyang, Changshu, Chongqing and Loudi, covering the major automotive clusters in China.
SOP date of Loudi plant is planned within September; April 2017 for Changshu and Shenyang plants, and September 2017 for Chongqing plant. All of them will be equipped with best in class shape blanking and laser welding processing lines employing ArcelorMittal’s proprietary technologies and knowhow for automotive steel. Through its extensive network of self-owned centers and strategic SSC partners and stockists all over China, GONVVAMA will offer to customers a full range of steel services and solutions.
As a benefit of technical support from ArcelorMittal, revolutionary new concepts, such as door rings, will be introduced to customers by GONVVAMA. These new concepts are today booming in EU and US markets. The proven solutions are not only improving the safety of the passengers, but are also playing an important role in the reduction of the weight of the body in white and of the total assembly costs.
GONVVAMA will also share its expertise to the OEMs thanks to its R&D support. Tailor made solutions and applications of body-in-white reviews, nesting, formability study of LWB parts and integrated supply chain will be implemented to help the customers to improve production efficiency and product performance. The exclusive advanced processing technology, the hot stamped LWB, will be introduced to customers by GONVVAMA as it efficiently contributes to weight reduction and part consolidation with material cost reduced, part performance improved and limited impact to manufacturing process.
Facing challenges from fast turning markets, GONVVAMA is looking forward to creating promising future together with our customers.
