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The European Steel Technology Platform: a bridge to the future J.C Charbonnier

The European Steel Technology Platform: a bridge to the future J.C Charbonnier. Warsaw 26-27 April 2007. European Technolgy platforms (TPs): state of play. 31 platforms so far to: boost the Europe’s industrial competitiveness to foster Public-Private R&D partnerships

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The European Steel Technology Platform: a bridge to the future J.C Charbonnier

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  1. The European Steel Technology Platform: a bridge to the future J.C Charbonnier Warsaw 26-27 April 2007

  2. European Technolgy platforms (TPs): state of play 31 platforms so far to: • boost the Europe’s industrial competitiveness • to foster Public-Private R&D partnerships • to help the EU Commission identifying relevant and innovative Work programs for the FP7

  3. The steel economy is back on track… • The steel economy plays a key role for the European competitiveness • Globally supply and demand conditions for the steel industry have been transformed over the last 5 years • Steel has become a growth industry again, profitable and with good prospects • Global steel companies and the whole European steel sector are committed to facing worldwide challenges, whilst helping to create a more sustainable and competitive industry for all its stakeholders

  4. Total Deliveries Finished Prods. 152Miot 1403 Bln€ 13,8 Mio 50,2 Steel: Basic Material for European Industry 714 Bln€ 2,2 Mio 27,4 531 Bln€ 3,5 Mio 19,8 278 Bln€ 2,6 Mio 21,3 6,1 43 Bln€ 231 K 18,2 23 Bln€ 106 K Steel Industry Turnover 138.5Bln€. Employment 372KTotal Sectors 3157Bln€. Employment 23Mio

  5. Ambition : to assume a sustainable and global leadership In the coming decades Main challenges Developing a successful EU-27partnership Changing EU regulation Growing impact of globalisation Matching steel supply Environmental constraints

  6. A SRA based on the 4 pillars of the Sustainable development • Competiveness through innovation Competitive steel production & competitive steel applications • Sustainability Drastically reduced CO2 emissions with 21 st century processes and products • Steel solutions Meeting customers’ future need and improving citizens’s quality of life • Working together Innovating within the industry, with our partners and with our workforce

  7. Mirror Group Member States Steering Committee M. Wurth (Arcelor Mittal) P. Erkkillä (Outokumpu) N. Cunha (Corus) E. Gibellieri (EMF/CCMI) Decision-making level of the Stakeholders Support Group P.Schwab (VoestAlpine) K. P Imlau (TKS) G. Corbo (Riva) Management-levelworking body Working Groups Expert-levelworking groups . Includes ad hoc subject matter experts of the steel sector . Are open to other initiatives Profit through Innovation Partners Automotive Partners Construction Energy Planet People Ch.Marique (CRM) C.D .Wuppermann (Stahl Zentrum) V.Heikkinen (Ruukki) G.Buzzichelli (CSM) K.Buttiens (Arcelor Mittal) M.Mirabile (CSM) Organisation of the Steel Technology Platform J.C Charbonnier Secretary General Organisational & Management Support Implementation group J.C Charbonnier

  8. ESTEP’ Stakeholders • The European Commission • Major steel companies and the whole European steel industry represented by EUROFER • The steel research centres and • The whole steel R&D network coming from the ECSC (now RFCS): 8000 researchers • Industrial stakeholders linked to the industrial priorities of the Platform: • Suppliers (EUnited) • Customers (Automotive, Construction, Energy) • Universitiesthrough a European network (T.I.M.E) • Representatives of EU national governments • Representatives of the trades unions (EMF) and the Consultative Committee for Industrial Change (EESC/CCMI)

  9. Six RTD ambitious programmes with a large societal impact to meet the ESTEP’s ambition • Safe, clean, cost-effective and low capital intensive technologies • Rational use of Energy & residues management • Appealing steel solution for end-users: Automotive • Appealing steel solution for end-users: Construction • Appealing steel solution for end-users: Energy • Attract and retain qualified people: horizontal programme.

  10. The implementation of the SRA priorities, making good progress • 3 large projects focused on the ESTEP’ SRA priorities are already running in the FP6 • 24 projects of the 2006 RFCS call and corresponding to the ESTEP SRA priorities are likely to be retained an implemented in July 2007 • more than 14 projects are being prepared for the next FP7 calls

  11. ESTEP searches for clean, safe, cost-effective and low capital-intensive technologies • Energy effectiveness, resource savings and alternate carbon sources: 7 RFCS projects are likely to be launched in July 2007 • Flexible and multifunction chain: 3 RFCS projects as well • Intelligent manufacturing processes: one large integrated project in preparation

  12. ESTEP is committed to the CO2 challenge • Directly through the development of breakthrough technologies -ULCOS project aims at achieving a 5O% CO2 reduction in steel production -a series of CO2-lean steel making routes that can cut drastically emissions are ready to scale up & pilot testing -next step will be to validate few of these CO2-lean steelmaking routes at the size of an industrial-scale pilot

  13. ESTEP is committed to the CO2 challenge • Indirectly to bring light-weight steel solutions for cars -a FP6 project involving the steel industry running: “Superlightcar” -4 RFCS projects likely to be launched in July 2007 -3 new projects in preparation for the next FP7 • Indirectly to develop modern steel solutions for energy efficient building -an integrated project to be submitted to the FP7

  14. ESTEP addresses the challenge of • Offering safer and healthier steel construction -6 RFCS projects with a special focus on both seismic and fire resistance likely to be launched in July 2007 -3FP 7 integrated projects addressing robustness of structures, vulnerability & harmonization of construction codes

  15. ESTEP contributes to the development of energy sources for the future • Inventing new steel material and answering future challenge of the energy sector -2 RFCS projects related to oil & gas transportation and power generation to be launched in July 2007 -3 integrated projects to be submitted to the FP7 (safety system for high performance pipelines, power generation, wind energy)

  16. ESTEP promotes • Conservation of resources and waste preventions • Transforming residues in valuable products: SURESTEP, a project to be submitted to the FP7 • A holistic approach from concept to completion to eliminate footprint of steel products : SOVAMAT, another project to be submitted to the FP7 An international consortium of 50 partners

  17. FP7-Technology Platformswith specific Synergies to ESTEP MANUFUTURE EUMat ECTP SusChem Forest PV Voltaic, H2 ERTRAC ERRACRoad & Transport Processes & products EUnited Construction ECCS ESTEP Automotive EUcar Environment (CO2) People ZEP Clean Power Wind PF ETPIS Energy ETPIS ZEP

  18. Coordination with national activities • Links in 2006 with national platforms to strengthen the European steel collaborative R&D: • -Spanish Steel Platform, Madrid, September 20 • -Italian Construction platform, Rome May 26 & October • -First contacts with the Polish Steel Platform, Brussels December • Objective in 2007: to identify possible synergies and to launch common programs • A new challenge, to align national, regional & EU activities with our priorities

  19. Reinforcing the ERA (from the latest “green paper”) « Our future depends on Europe becoming a true knowledge society » (Com. Potocnik) • Adequate flow of competent researchers • World class research infrastructures • Excellent research institutions • Effective knowledge sharing • Well-coordinated research programmes and priorities

  20. Conclusion: ESTEP…. • one of the first and more advanced European Platforms • should increase the competitiveness of the whole Steel Sector through Innovation • adresses several issues of paramount importance for Europe (CO2, Energy) • a dynamic structure to facilitate & to boost the European collaborative Research • addresses social issues to attract & secure qualified people • collaborates with other relevant EU-platforms

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