According to the current best practices, the company already holds a leading position among steel companies, but the recent approval and development of two European research projects, named after the acronyms "5RefrAct" and "E-CO-LadleBrick" (within the framework on the European programmes LIFE and RFCS, respectively) will enable Sidenor to reach excellence. The "5RefrAct"-project, supported by...
▪ Windshaft opens the door for Sidenor Forgings & Castings towards a possible new business line aimed at a high added-value market. ▪ CTC has brought its knowledge on structural integrity so as to ensure that the part will withstand the loads of a wind turbine. ▪ ASK Chemicals completes the list of entities involved in...
Sidenor has revamped its website, which now presents its latest developments in steel innovative products. The company carried out this change for two purposes. The first one was to faithfully reflect the image of a dynamic, competitive and innovative company on the internet and the second, to extend the knowledge of the company among...
Made in Steel is one of the most important events in the European steel sector, will take place in Milan, Italy, on May 14th-16th, 2019. The previous edition in 2017 gathered over 14,700 professionals from 74 countries. Next May, Sidenor will again participate in Made in Steel with its own stand (Hall 22, stand I11)....
The FATLEAF project, presented by Sidenor within the framework of the HAZITEK 2018 call, has finally been approved and awarded aid in the form of a grant amounting to 112,212.50 €. The FATLEAF project mainly aims at developing new steels for manufacturing springs for heavy vehicles with improved resistance and fatigue strength. The project...
For the second consecutive year, Sidenor will participate as a speaker at the Mineral Recycling Forum which will this time take place in Krakow on March 5-6, 2019. It is already the fourth edition of the event, organised by IMFORMED, which continues to develop as a reference encounter for actors involved in recycling and...
Leaded by Sidenor I+D, the European project INNOFAT (Innovative approach to improve fatigue performance of automotive components aiming at CO2 emissions reductions), faces the CO2 emissions reduction by means of the weight reduction of automotive components. This component downsizing is attained thanks to the improvement of its fatigue performance. The project is focused on forged...
IMMERSIA Data Visualization, which belongs to Innovae and benefits from its support and experience in terms of R&D, is a technological startup specialised in designing interactive virtual environments of high visual quality for data interpretation. In this context, the collaborative project which has arisen between the startup and Sidenor consists in the design and implementation...
From July 2017 to June 2020, the European collaborative project LEAFSLIM “Lightweight steel Leaf Springs with improved durability and reliability” is running focused on the development of a new generation of ultra-light leaf springs. The project is leaded by the special steelmaker SIDENOR I+D (E) and participated by the leaf spring maker Muelles y...
Within the framework of the Company's Digital Strategy towards SMARTFACTORY, the "Digital Twin" is taking shape. This is the development of a virtual model of the entire process, built on data and information obtained from the Company's various sensors and information systems. In order to reach this ambitious objective, the marking of our product...