ToughSteel project aims in spreading the usage of fracture toughness to assess crack-related problems in sheet metals to the European industry. Coordinated by Eurecat, ToughSteel involves and engages the main actors of the sheet metal forming community with the objective to promote, disseminate and transfer the know-how acquired about the use of fracture toughness as a tool to address cracking problems in forming and in-service performance of AHSS.