On May 24, 2025, the ALBA Synchrotron opened again its doors to the public for a new Open Day, an event that has been opening up science to the society since 2012. This edition received over 2,000 visitors, especially families, and provided them with insights into research projects carried out in ALBA Synchrotron and the technology [...]
COOPHS was presented during a workshop on fracture toughness in advanced high-strength steels held at the Spanish National Center for Metallurgical Research – CENIM facilities in Madrid, on 24th January 2025. Eurecat’s Head of Mechanical Behaviour, David Frómeta, introduced COOPHS together with other research projects coordinated by Eurecat using fracture toughness as a material [...]
On December 4th, the members of the COOPHS project, coordinated by Eurecat's Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, met at Aix-Marseille University (France) to present and evaluate the progress made on the development, characterization, and validation of novel Press Hardening Steels (PHS) with a high component of recycled scrap. The project focuses on evaluating an [...]
Five projects committed to the green transformation of the steel and aluminum industry – COOPHS, CISMA, FlexCrash, SALEMA and ZEvRA - have been featured at Metal Madrid 2024, part of the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid exhibition. This fair has been held in Madrid, Spain, the 20th and 21st of November, 2024. Dedicated project information was [...]
Five projects committed to the green transformation of the steel and aluminum industry – COOPHS, CISMA, FlexCrash, SALEMA and ZEvRA - have been featured at Metal Madrid 2024, part of the Advanced Manufacturing Madrid exhibition. This fair has been held in Madrid, Spain, the 20th and 21st of November, 2024. Dedicated project information was [...]
On November 19, 2024, representatives from Eurecat, COOPHS project coordinator, participated at the CUPRA Material Innovation Hub held at SEAT S.A.’s facilities in Martorell, Spain. The event featured a compelling display of sustainable steel solutions, including a B-pillar demonstrator made from hot-stamped Boron Steel using post-consumer steel scrap. This exhibit highlighted COOPHS project’s focus [...]
On November 16, 2024, the ALBA Synchrotron opened again its doors to the public for its annual Open Day, an event that has been opening up science to the society since 2012. The 2024 edition included ten interactive demonstrations and experiments, providing visitors with insights into research projects carried out in ALBA Synchrotron and [...]
Eurecat facilities in Manresa, Spain, hosted the seminar “Steel Metallurgy and Advanced Microstructures”, a collaborative event bringing together research projects in the steel industry for networking. The seminar featured presentations from leading experts in the field, including Prof. Francisca Garcia-Caballero and Dr. Carlos Capdevila (CSIC/CENIM), Dr. Radhakanta Rana (Tata Steel), and Dr. Marcel Carpio [...]
On November 7, 2024, Jaume Pujante, coordinator of the COOPHS project and head of the Line of New Processes for Advanced Materials at Eurecat’s Metallic and Ceramic Materials Unit, presented the COOPHS project’s main objectives and expected research outcomes during the CiSMA project Kick-off Meeting. The event, hosted at Eurecat’s facilities in Manresa, brought [...]
Eurecat organised a meeting with representatives from the Cluster of the Automotive Industry of Catalonia (CIAC) at the facilities of the centre in Manresa (Spain) on July 10th, 2024. The purpose of the meeting was to demonstrate the efforts made by Eurecat to promote R+D+I projects, laboratories, materials and manufacturing processes to make the [...]
