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ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks North America
North America
Revolutionizing automotive design and manufacturing with cutting-edge steel solutions.
ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks North America is a leading supplier of advanced laser welded blanks for the automotive industry, with engineering and production facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
AMTB North America specializes in combining multiple steel grades into single, optimally engineered sheets, enabling lightweighting, improved crash performance, and reduced manufacturing complexity. Its technologies support major automakers by placing the right materials in the right locations, enhancing passenger safety and meeting stringent global crash requirements.
Their North American operations feature state of the art inspection systems, advanced forming capabilities, and ongoing investments—including a new 154,000 sq ft facility in Ingersoll, Ontario—to expand regional capacity and support next generation vehicle designs.
What are laser-welded blanks?
Laser‑welded blanks (LWBs), or tailored blanks, are sheets of steel made by combining different grades with varying thicknesses, strengths, or coatings. The grades are laser‑welded together so each area of the sheet delivers the right strength and deformation characteristics, and the final sheet can be hot‑ or cold‑stamped into shape. This creates a single sheet engineered for optimal performance and lightweighting.
The result is a tailor‑made solution with significant advantages. Today, LWBs are widely used in automotive manufacturing, especially in structural components such as door rings, rails, pillars, and rocker panels where lightweighting and crash performance are essential.