Recently, Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “TISCO”), a subsidiary of Baowu Steel Group, successfully released four environmental product declarations (EPDs) for cold rolled stainless sheets (316L, SUH409L, PTG316L, 430LX).
As of August 2024, TISCO has released 11 product EPDs on the EPD platform of China Iron and Steel Association, including 7 for stainless steel products and 4 for mining products. The release of this EPD marks another important step for TISCO in the field of green, low-carbon, and sustainable development, and also demonstrates its outstanding strength in the research and development and production of stainless steel materials.
TISCO has long been focusing on the development of special steels mainly based on stainless steel. It has established innovative platforms such as the National Key Laboratory of Advanced Stainless Steel Materials and the National Physical and Chemical Laboratory and has several core stainless steel technologies.
At present, a cluster of high-efficiency, energy-saving, and long-life steel products has been formed, mainly based on stainless steel, cold rolled silicon steel, and high-strength and tough series steel. Stainless steel products cover the full range of plate, strip, wire, and tube, ultra-wide, ultra-thick, and ultra-thin extreme specifications.
High-precision products such as pen tip steel, hand-torn steel, nuclear power steel, railway steel, duplex stainless steel, and high-grade silicon steel for new energy vehicles are well-known at home and abroad. At the same time, we actively develop mineral resources business and advanced materials industry and have a new material product cluster represented by high-performance carbon fiber and nickel-based alloys and the largest modern metallurgical open-pit mine in Asia.
As an internationally recognized tool for quantifying the environmental impact of the entire life cycle of products, the release of EPD not only helps to enhance the market competitiveness of Taigang Stainless Steel (000825) steel cold rolled sheet products but also provides a strong reference for downstream customers when choosing green materials.
The stainless steel cold-rolled thin plate EPDs of 316L, SUH409L, PTG316L, and 430LX released this time will be widely used in the construction, automobile, machinery, home appliances, petrochemical, transportation and warehousing industries.
In the future, TISCO will continue to uphold the concept of green development, increase investment in environmental protection, promote technological innovation and product upgrades, and provide more environmentally friendly, efficient, and high-quality stainless steel products and services to global customers.
(China Iron and Steel Association website)