Institute of Quality Steels: yesterday--today--tomorrow

The Institute of Quality Steels (IQS) was created in 1953 as an independent structural subdivision of TsNIIchermet and was tasked with providing the metal-consuming sectors with new and improved grades and sizes of corrosion- and heat-resistant structural steels and alloys. The years since have seen substantial progress in the development of new technologies for power generation, chemical engineering, automotive manufacturing, space science, aviation, and the military, and this has in turn required the development of metal products with new service properties. Over the same period, the Institute has assembled a staff of highly qualified metallurgists and process technologists that has created several new steels for gas and oil pipelines, bridges, armored vehicles, cars and trucks, chemical plant equipment, and other uses.