Tata Steel, has unveiled a new slitting line to process advanced and ultra high-strength steels.

The slitter and associated expansion at the steel producer’s Ruhr-based Steel Service Centre in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, was inaugurated on 27 June following a EUR9.5m (US$13m) investment.

The new slitting line, the centre’s second, will process advanced and ultra high-strength steels, which are used to manufacture automotive applications used in chassis, suspension, wheels and seats.

They include advanced high strength steels with forming capabilities for chassis and cold rolled advanced high strength steels for light-weight seat components.