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The European Steel Technology Platform: a bridge to the future

J.C Charbonnier

Warsaw 26-27 April 2007

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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

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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

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Steel: Basic Material for European Industry

Steel Industry Turnover 138.5Bln€. Employment 372KTotal Sectors 3157Bln€. Employment 23Mio

Total Deliveries Finished Prods. 152Miot

531 Bln€ 3,5 Mio

1403 Bln€ 13,8 Mio

714 Bln€ 2,2 Mio

278 Bln€ 2,6 Mio

43 Bln€ 231 K

23 Bln€ 106 K18,2

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Ambition :to assume a sustainable and global leadership

In the coming decades

Main challenges

Growing impact of globalisation

Matching steel supply

Environmental constraints

Changing EU regulation

Developing a successful EU-27

partnership

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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

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J.C CharbonnierSecretary General

Organisational &

ManagementSupport

Organisation of the Steel Technology Organisation of the Steel Technology PlatformPlatform

Steering CommitteeM. Wurth (Arcelor Mittal)P. Erkkillä (Outokumpu)

N. Cunha (Corus)E. Gibellieri (EMF/CCMI)

Support GroupP.Schwab (VoestAlpine)

K. P Imlau (TKS)G. Corbo (Riva)

Working Groups

Decision-making level of the Stakeholders

Management-levelworking body

Expert-levelworking groups

. Includes ad hoc subject matter experts of the steel sector

. Are open to other initiatives

Profit throughInnovation

PartnersAutomotive

PartnersConstruction

Energy Planet People

Ch.Marique(CRM)

C.D .Wuppermann(Stahl Zentrum)

V.Heikkinen(Ruukki)

G.Buzzichelli(CSM)

K.Buttiens(Arcelor Mittal)

M.Mirabile(CSM)

Mirror GroupMember States

Implementation groupJ.C Charbonnier

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ESTEPESTEP’ Stakeholders’ 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)

• Universities through 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)

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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FP7-Technology Platformswith specific Synergies to ESTEP

FP7-Technology Platformswith specific Synergies to ESTEP

ESTEP ESTEP

ERTRACERTRACERRACERRAC

Road & Transport

ERTRACERTRACERRACERRAC

Road & Transport

ConstructionConstructionECCSECCS

ConstructionConstructionECCSECCS

ECTPSusChem

ForestPV Voltaic,

H2

Automotive EUcar

Processes & products

EUnited

MANUFUTUREEUMat

EnergyZEP

Clean PowerWind PFETPIS

People

ETPIS

Environment(CO2)

ZEP

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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

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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

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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