If You Work with Bar Steel, This Manual Is Essential

Bar steel performance directly impacts product safety, durability, and customer confidence. When variability, gaps in oversight, or inconsistent qualification practices creep in, the risks multiply quickly — across programs, plants, and the entire supply chain.

That’s why the AIAG CQI-32 Bar Steel System Questionnaire isn’t optional guidance — it’s a critical industry benchmark.

Developed in collaboration with global bar steel producers and OEM experts, CQI-32 establishes a single, standardized framework for assessing bar steel manufacturing processes and quality systems. It brings structure and consistency to areas that matter most, including:

• Defect detection, prevention, and reaction
• Process control and monitoring
• Furnace technologies (electric arc, basic oxygen, energy-optimizing)
• Continuous and ingot casting
• Immersion ultrasonic testing and other key methods

Instead of navigating multiple, overlapping assessments or customer-specific expectations, CQI-32 provides one aligned approach that strengthens quality systems and simplifies qualification.

For suppliers, it reinforces internal controls and demonstrates process discipline.
For customers, it streamlines sourcing decisions and builds confidence in supplier capability.
For both, it reduces risk in a category where failure is simply not an option.

In today’s environment — where performance demands are high and tolerance for inconsistency is low — every organization working with bar steel should have CQI-32 as part of its quality foundation.

Don’t rely on outdated or fragmented assessment methods.

Get your copy of AIAG CQI-32 and ensure your bar steel processes meet the standard the industry expects.