Chassis component for a motor vehicle, in particular in the form of a chassis control arm or subframe, having a first one-piece sheet-metal shell (1.1) which is formed from formed sheet steel and has a web (1.11) and lateral flanges (1.12, 1.13) which are angled with respect to the web, the angle (α) defined by the web (1.11) and the respective flange (1.12, 1.13) being substantially in the range of 85° to 95°, the length of the respective flange being a multiple of its maximum height, and the web (1.11) having in the region of the respective flange a web edge (1.14, 1.15), and with at least one second one-piece sheet-metal shell (1.1') which has a web (1.11') and lateral flanges (1.12', 1.13') which are angled with respect to this web (1.11'), wherein the angle (α) defined by the web (1.11') and the respective flange (1.12', 1.13') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1') being substantially in the range of 85° to 95°, the length of the respective flange (1.12', 1.13') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1') being a multiple of its maximum height, the web (1.11') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1') has a web edge (1.14', 1.15') in the region of the respective flange (1.12', 1.13') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1'), and wherein the first sheet metal shell (1.1) and the second sheet-metal shell (1.1') being butt-welded to one another at their flanges (1.12, 1.13, 1.12', 1.13'), characterized in that the steel sheet of at least the first sheet-metal shell (1.1, 1.1') is produced from carbon steel, preferably complex-phase steel, or press-hardenable steel and has a tensile strength Rm in the range from 750 to 1500 MPa, in that the web (1.11) of the first sheet-metal shell (1. 1) has, on at least one of its web edges (1.14, 1.15), a step-shaped embossing (1.16, 1.17) running along the flange (1.12, 1.13) associated with this web edge (1.14, 1.15), the length or arc length of which measured along the flange (1.12, 1.13) associated with the web edge (1.14, 1.15) is at least 10 times, preferably at least 20 times, the average sheet metal thickness of the sheet metal shell (1.1) and/or at least 30% of the length or arc length of the flange (1.12, 1.13) of the first sheet metal shell (1.1) associated with the web edge (1.14, 1.15), this embossing (1.16,1.17) defining a step base surface (1.18, 1.19) which is substantially parallel and located at a lower level relative to the outer base surface (1.20) of the web (1.11), the depth of the step base surface (1.18, 1.19) relative to the outer base surface (1.20) of the web (1.11) lies in a range whose lower limit is at least 0.3 mm and whose upper limit corresponds at most to the average sheet thickness of the first sheet metal shell (1.1), and in that the web (1.11') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1') has, on at least one of its web edges (1.14', 1.15'), a step-shaped embossment (1.16', 1.17') which runs along the flange (1.12', 1.13') associated with this web edge (1.14', 1.15') and whose length or arc length measured along the flange (1.12', 1.13') associated with this web edge (1.14', 1.15') is at least 10 times, preferably at least 20 times, the average sheet thickness of the second sheet shell (1.1') and/or at least 30% of the length or arc length of the flange (1.12', 1.13') of the second sheet metal shell (1.1') associated with the web edge (1.14', 1.15').