Welcome to the December 2025 edition of the Total Materia newsletter!
Edition Highlights
This month’s edition features new data updates across metals, polymers, and additive manufacturing, along with Integrator improvements that help teams find, review, and manage material information more efficiently. We also highlight two technical articles: one covering key steel-making processes and how they affect steel quality, and another explaining bake hardenable steels and their role in producing strong, dent-resistant automotive panels.
We’re constantly enhancing the Total Materia platform to ensure you have access to the most comprehensive and up-to-date materials information.
Here’s what’s new in December 2025:
| Category | Key Updates |
| Metals – Standards Updates | ASTM, SAE, GB, ASME |
| Polymers PLUS – Standards New | DTD 458A |
| Polymers PLUS – Standards Updates | ASTM D578, ISO 5834 |
| Additive manufacturing – Producers New | Continuum powders, Sandvik, EOS, Polymaker, Stratasys, Altana, Xenia, Filament PM, Supernova Industries, Corp. |
Recent Integrator improvements focus on making material data easier to find, understand, and manage across teams.
Faster searching: Filters now stay visible after results, so searches can be refined without restarting.
Consistent standards: Material creation and search are fully aligned with Data Maintenance standards, reducing duplication.
Clearer context: Supplier information is now shown in material lists for quick relevance assessment.
Improved change tracking: Material version descriptions are easily accessible at release, boosting transparency.
Better property interpretation: Property comments and measurement notes provide context, simplifying review and comparison.
These updates help teams work more efficiently, reduce uncertainty, and maintain better control over material information.
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Christmas celebration
On December 12th, the Total Materia team came together for our annual Christmas celebration. It was the perfect opportunity to unwind, connect across teams, and relax after a challenging yet rewarding year. The evening also offered a moment to reflect on our achievements in 2025 and to look ahead, aligning our energy and focus toward a successful 2026. |
- STEEL-MAKING PROCESSES
This article explores the evolution of steel-making, from traditional methods such as Bessemer and open-hearth processes to modern electric arc, oxygen-based, and vacuum refining techniques. It highlights how different processes influence steel purity, chemical control, and final performance, with particular focus on impurity removal and advanced refining methods like vacuum degassing and electroslag remelting. The article provides valuable insight into how production routes are selected to meet the quality requirements of today’s structural, alloy, and specialty steels. - BAKE HARDENABLE STEELS
This article examines bake hardenable steels, a key material choice for automotive body panels where formability and final strength are both critical. It explains how controlled forming and paint-baking cycles increase yield strength, improving dent resistance while maintaining low initial yield strength for stamping operations. Covering metallurgical principles, mechanical performance, and typical automotive applications, the article shows how bake hardenable steels support lightweight design, durability, and efficient manufacturing.