RINA CONSULTING – CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI Spa, Italy – CSM (Leader)CSM is part of RINA, global provider of classification, certification, testing, inspection and training services. CSM’s research activities are mainly related to modeling and design of materials and products, optimization and development of processes, development of innovative pilot plants and reduction of environmental impact. | 
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VDEh-BFI, GermanyVDEh-Betriebsforschungsinstitut GmbH (BFI) is a private-sector institute for applied research and development in the field of steel technology. The main object of institute’s work is the optimisation of steel production processes under economic and quality aspects. | 
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Material Processing Institute, United KingdomThe Materials Processing Institute is a research and innovation centre serving global steel and materials organisations that work in advanced materials, low carbon energy, the circular economy and digital technologies. The Institute provides a range of technology and R&D based services and consultancy. |
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SIDENOR I+D, SpainSIDENOR I+D is the research and development centre of SIDENOR. It has a manpower of 46 persons (87% of them are PhD and engineers) working in 2 departments: Process and Product. It has its own Research Laboratory, which is equipped with modern test facilities both for metallurgical characterization as for physical simulation. It also has capabilities for numerical simulation through the use of both commercial (FEM, etc.) as well as its own developed software. | 
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SWERIM ABSWERIM is a member of the Swerea Group and a prominent Metallurgical Research Institute in Europe. SWERIM creates, improves and conveys research results within the areas of process metallurgy, heating, machining, and energy technologies for the mineral, steel and metal industries. SWERIM has 90 employees (55 research engineers). | 
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