TWB Company LLC was formed in 1992 as a joint venture between Thyssen Stahl AG and Worthington Industries. Thyssen developed the laser welding of automotive body panels in the early 1980’s and Worthington is a leading steel processor in North America. TWB has largely developed the tailor welded blank market in North America since it’s inception and is currently the leading manufacturer of tailor welded products in North America. TWB currently has 5 North American facilities that support JIT and local production that services our customers. In addition, our parent company ThyssenKrupp Steel has 12 global facilities throughout Europe and Asia that TWB has leveraged for technological and customer support. TWB and ThyssenKrupp Tailored Blanks are the only global tailored welded blanks company in the world.
Tailor welded blanks have evolved from same gauge steel sheets welded together to different thickness and/or strengths that are joined together to consolidate stampings and achieve cost effective weight reduction. There are over 20 common automotive body parts that are laser welded today. The tailor welded blank is the link between high safety requirements and affordable weight reduction. Tailor welded products allow the combination of different steel grades and thicknesses exactly where they need to be. They are lighter, require less material and consolidate production operations. The process has evolved continuously to the extent we have a large family of tailored products, which has expanded from blanks to tubes to tailor welded coils. In the past 15+ years TWB has developed these products into a success factor for the automotive industry.
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