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ThyssenKrupp System Engineering Forms Joint Venture with Braun CarTec

09/27/2010 - ThyssenKrupp System Engineering GmbH and Braun CarTec GmbH will jointly develop and market hot-forming technology, which enables weight reduction in bodyshell construction in the automotive industry, with the formation of HFS Hotforming Solutions GmbH.

ThyssenKrupp System Engineering GmbH, Essen, and Braun CarTec GmbH, Schwalbach, will jointly develop and market hot-forming technology, with the formation of HFS Hotforming Solutions GmbH.
 
This joint venture is anticipated to develop component suggestions with harmonized processes and acquire orders for both partners in the fields of toolmaking and plant construction, mechanical engineering and die construction, in the manufacture of hot-forming equipment, and the corresponding service features.
 
HFS Hotforming Solutions combines Braun CarTec's know-how in hot forming and ThyssenKrupp Engineering's knowledge in the global system business of plant construction and toolmaking. With ThyssenKrupp System Engineering's global sales network, both partners will be able to cover the overall process chain in hot forming, which is a key technology for weight reduction in bodyshell construction in the automotive industry.
 
The application of super high-strength material combined with the reduction of sheet thickness enables the weight savings. ThyssenKrupp System Engineering notes that hot forming opens up new design options to integral parts, decreasing the necessary input of material in comparison to cold-forming solutions.
 
Bracing structures provide the greatest potential for substituting hot-formed parts for those that are cold-formed, the company claims.