Voestalpine develops lightweight high-tensile steel product for railway systems

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Voestalpine has come up with a manufacturing process to produce lighter weight rail cars, able to carry up to 4 mt more load as a result reducing environmental impact from freighting, the company said Aug. The Austrian steel and technology group said it has transferred a process for making ultra-high tensile auto parts to railway systems. In cooperation with the Rail Cargo Group, the cargo subsidiary of the Austrian Railways (OBB), Voestalpine’s steel division and logistics subsidiary, Logserv, has developed TransANT, a design concept for manufacturing freight cars with lightweight modular superstructures.