Research & Development
Nov
2023
Fraunhofer IKTS presents “Minilab” underwater laboratory for maritime tests
Minilab is a mobile underwater laboratory for testing new materials, coatings and sensors under real maritime ...
Nov
2023
New Ultra-high-strength steel developed for hydrogen production
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong have developed a new type of stainless steel. It shows improved properties for use in ...
Nov
2023
UNITECR: Researchers from Koblenz University receive award at Feuerfest fair
Several researchers from the University of Koblenz were honored in the scientific competitions of the UNITECR World Refractories Conference this year. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Peter Quirmbach received an honor for his life's ...
Okt
2023
Metallographic image analysis in seconds thanks to AI
The TGFS Technologie Gründerfonds Sachsen is investing in MiViA GmbH as part of pre-seed financing. The AI start-up is a spin-off from the Institute for Metal Forming at the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and offers ...
Okt
2023
thyssenkrupp Uhde receives an order from ENOWA to supply a green methanol and methanol-to-gasoline plant
thyssenkrupp Uhde has been awarded the contract by ENOWA, NEOM’s energy and water supplier, for the engineering as well as the provision, conception and procurement of equipment for a new CO2-to-methanol and ...
Okt
2023
EU Parliament recognizes strategic importance of aluminum
In the ongoing legislative process on critical raw materials (Critical Raw Materials Act), the European Parliament has decided to add aluminum to the list of strategic raw materials. Previously, the European Council had ...
Okt
2023
Materials for brake discs (almost) without particulate emissions
Science and industry see great potential in alkaline AEM electrolysis and expect rapid technological development in the coming decade. Fraunhofer IFAM and Sunfire are now starting the “Integrate” funding project ...
Sep
2023
Artificial intelligence for improved material design
Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research have developed a new machine learning model for corrosion-resistant alloys and are publishing their results in the journal Science Advances. 2.5 billion US ...
Sep
2023
Efficiently rework components from the 3D printer
3D printed components usually require post-processing. Researchers from Fraunhofer IPA and MST Microstrahltechnik Vertriebs GmbH developed a semi-automated test setup in which they examined the effect of different ...
Aug
2023
RHI Magnesita expands global network: Acquisition of Seven Refractories completed
RHI Magnesita announces the closing of the acquisition of Seven Refractories. The official closing took place on July 17, 2023. Seven Refractories, a specialty supplier of alumina-based refractories, serves customers in ...
Jul
2023
Joint project researches more climate-friendly car production
Coordinated by the Helmholtz Center Hereon, research and industry are working together on more environmentally friendly production of lightweight components for the automotive industry. The “S3-ALU” joint ...
Jul
2023
Research on liquid iron under extreme conditions
A team of researchers led by Professor Kenji Ohta of the Tokyo Institute of Technology has succeeded in measuring the electrical resistance of liquid iron at extremely high pressures and temperatures ...
Jul
2023
Research project de:karb to reveal CO₂ footprint
Led by TRUMPF, thyssenkrupp Materials Services, the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA and other partners are researching how to reduce CO₂ consumption in sheet metal ...
Jun
2023
GMTN: Vulkan Verlag confers ecoMetals Award 2023
Yesterday, Malte Seifert, Managing Director of GMTN, and Jürgen Franke, Managing Director of Vulkan Verlag presented the ecoMetals Award 2023. There had been more than 500 applications. The ecoMetals Award honours ...
Apr
2023
Foundry Group launches first sustainability report
As one of the first in its industry, the foundry group BIRN Group has just released its first sustainability report. The report is an initial step towards a more sustainable business model. The report includes all the ...
Apr
2023
Volatile Commodity Prices Reduce Growth and Amplify Swings in Inflation
Resurgent volatility in commodity markets will likely pose economic challenges in coming years even as prices decline Food and energy prices surged to near historic highs in recent years amid the pandemic and the war in ...
Mrz
2023
Nucor Steel Gallatin integrates SMS digital’s MES 4.0 into new steel production lines
Nucor Steel Gallatin produced the first hot coil following a comprehensive upgrade of its production lines using SMS digital’s Manufacturing Execution Suite (MES 4.0®) at its Gallatin steel plant in Ghent, Kentucky, ...
Feb
2023
Roland Berger presents study on Industry 4.0
The term “Industry 4.0” was coined more than ten years ago at the Hannover Fair to describe the revolutionary efficiency gains that could be achieved by digitalizing manufacturing operations. Since then, it ...
Okt
2022
HYBRIT: New hydrogenreduced iron with superior properties
New research within the HYBRIT project, driven by SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall, shows superior results on the properties and quality of the hydrogen direct reduced sponge iron (H-DRI) made using HYBRIT technology. Test ...
Sep
2022
SSAB presents GreenCoat RWS for sustainable rainwater systems
To meet the global demand for sustainable and durable building materials, SSAB enlarges its GreenCoat® color coated steel rainwater system product range by introducing GreenCoat RWS Pural BT. It features a Bio-based ...
Sep
2022
Primetals Technologies and POSCO: new Green Steel Demonstration Plant
On July 26th, Primetals Technologies and South Korean leading steel producer POSCO signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to develop a demonstration plant for hydrogen-based hot metal production in South Korea. ...
Jul
2022
IMS control and regulation software wins iF Design Award
To win the world-renowned iF Design Award is a very special distinction, of which IMS Messsysteme GmbH can now also be proud. Already crowned with the Red Dot Design Award in 2021, the MEVIweb human machine interface ...
Jul
2022
Tenova presents Pomini Digital Texturing™
Tenova has taken a further step to reinforce its commitment to a more sustainable industry. Pomini Tenova defined the Product Category Rules (PCR) to standardize the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of metal finishing ...
Jul
2022
bp and thyssenkrupp Steel decarbonize steel production
bp and thyssenkrupp Steel announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding on the development of long-term supply of low carbon hydrogen and renewable power in steel production. Both want to accelerate the steel ...