DFSS Flash Bainite 1500

Flash Bainite in Action: GM Validates Lightweight, High-Strength Steel for Crash Safety & Cost Efficiency In pursuit of safer, lighter, and more fuel-efficient vehicles, General Motors recently validated Flash Bainite 1500 as a direct replacement for traditional high-strength steel in a critical automotive component: the fuel barrier shield. This breakthrough came as part of a GM DFSS […]

Industrial Heating: Research

Revolutionizing Automotive Steel: How Flash® Processing Delivers Strength, Formability, and Efficiency As the automotive industry races to meet ever-stricter fuel economy and performance standards, one breakthrough is redefining what’s possible in steel manufacturing: Flash® Processing. Developed through a partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy and SFP Works, Flash® Processing is a rapid thermal treatment that […]

Flash Steelworks, Inc. breaks ground in Bell County

BELL COUNTY, Ky. (WYMT) – Federal, state and local officials gathered in Bell County on Wednesday to break ground on a new steel manufacturing facility in Middlesboro. In the next 15 years, Flash Steelworks plans to invest more than $12 million and create 250 full-time jobs with an hourly rate of $39. Officials say 100 […]

Beshear tours Flash Steelworks construction

Governor Andy Beshear joined Bell County Judge-Executive Albey Brock, Middlesboro Mayor Boone Bowling and several other local officials on a brief tour of the Flash Steelworks building currently under construction. Read more at: https://claiborneprogress.net/2024/01/30/beshear-tours-flash-steelworks-construction/

State of Kentucky Press Release

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. (Oct. 12, 2022) – Today, Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman, along with federal, state and local officials, joined executives from Flash Steelworks, Inc. to break ground on a new steel manufacturing facility in Middlesboro. Over the next 15 years, Flash Steelworks will invest $12.1 million and create 250 full-time jobs at an hourly rate of […]