Key information Project title: Grade2XL Market: Advanced Manufacturing, Metal Structures Written by M2i Program Manager: Yulia Fischer In the world of manufacturing, size usually comes with compromise. Larger components mean longer lead times, heavier material use, and complex logistics. But a pan-European team of researchers and industry players had a different vision:
Key information Project title: Data platform and digital twin development for steel infrastructures (SUBLIME) Project in the Spotlight: N21007c Market: Advanced Metals Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran How do you recreate a 3D scene using just a few pictures from different angles? That’s a challenge many fields face — from
Key information Project title: Structural degradation monitoring and prediction: fatigue (SUBLIME) Project in the Spotlight: N21007a Market: Advanced Metals Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran Many steel bridges across Europe are reaching the end of their intended service lives, raising critical questions about how to assess and extend their safe use.
Key information Project title: Project in the Spotlight: Grease Life Prognostics: Remaining Grease Life Estimation by Measuring Grease Properties and Using Predictive Models Project in the Spotlight: T19021 Market: Industrial (railway, wind, etc.) Funding: This project is co-funded by ‘Holland High Tech, Topsector High Tech Systems and Materials’, with a ‘PPS Innovation Grant Public-Private
Key information Project title: SUstainaBle and reLIable Macro stEel infra-structures (SUBLIME) Project in the Spotlight: N21007 Market: Sustainability and Infrastructure Written by M2i Program Manager: Viktoria Savran The SUBLIME consortium is proud to share that Ali Sabzi Khoshraftar, EngD researcher at the University of Twente’s Pervasive Systems Research Group, presented his latest
Key information Project title: Next-generation coatings for advanced wear-resistant materials Project in the Spotlight: N19016 Funding: HTSM2019 Partners: Tata Steel, SKF, Wuppermann Run time: November 2020-March 2025 Market: Automotive Written by M2i Program Manager: Jeroen van Beeck The research project The project addressed the limitations of Zn-based corrosion protection coatings which are
Key information Project title: Driving green innovation: Bosch partners with M2i for Electrolyser Research Project in the Spotlight: T24010 Funding: This project is co-funded by 'Holland High Tech, topsector High Tech Systems and Materials', with a 'PPS Innovation Grant Public-Private Partnerships for research and development' Run time: 2025-2027 Market: Circularity/sustainability Written by M2i Program
Key information Project title: Mitigating BOF slag-leaching of oxy-anions Vanadate, Chromate, Molybdenate Project in the Spotlight: T22019 Funding: This project is co-funded by 'Holland High Tech, topsector High Tech Systems and Materials', with a 'PPS Innovation Grant Public-Private Partnerships for research and development' Run time: 2023-2024 Market: Circularity/sustainability and Civil Written by M2i Program
Key information Project title: Biodegradable nanocomposite packaging materials Project in the Spotlight: A17020 Market: Packaging Written by M2i Program Manager: Yulia Fischer Introduction Plastics are essential for food packaging due to their excellent mouldability, durability, price, and strength in combination with light weight. However, emissions related to plastic production and plastic pollution
Key information Program title: Circular Circuits Project in the Spotlight: N21006 Funding: Perspectief P20-13 Market: Electronics, Supply chain management Written by M2i Program Manager: Yulia Fischer Project Description The project will develop a fully circular generation of electronics. It will develop solutions to overcome technical, economic and societal bottlenecks for lifetime extension,