The object
Josef Faderl co-developed zinc-coated press-hardened steel for vehicle bodies, combining corrosion protection with high-strength, lighter components. The product is a manufactured steel and production process, not an automotive-software claim, and retains shared technical credit across material and production teams.
What Josef did
Co-developed corrosion-protected press-hardened steel and its associated forming process for lighter automotive components.
Why it matters
The material enabled mass-produced, lighter crash-resistant vehicle components while retaining corrosion protection.
Living-status check
voestalpine's current 2026 HYVE staff page identifies Faderl as head of an R&D group for press-hardening steel, electro-galvanising and surface technologies; a 2024 patent publication also names him on hardened-sheet production.