The Safe&Clean project has kicked off. Project partners have met in Manresa (Spain) on July 29th 2025, aiming to demonstrate that CO2 steel with high recycled content can safely meet the stringent requirements of modern automotive safety components.
During the meeting, all partners presented their entity and an outline of the tasks to be carried out during the project.
The Safe&Clean project will analyse two industrial use cases and evaluate how cleaner and sustainable steels perform in high-responsibility automotive parts. The project focuses on key safety factors such as crash performance, fatigue behaviour, weldability, and structural integrity of assembled components, all supported by consistent quality of low-CO2 steel grades.
The project, coordinated by Eurecat Technology Centre of Catalonia, is participated by six entities, including actors from the steel industry, the automotive safety sector and research organisations: ArcelorMittal, Gestamp HardTech Ab, Letomec, Aix-Marseille University, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and ALBA-CELLS.
The project, coordinated by Eurecat Technology Centre of Catalonia, is participated by nine entities, including actors from the steel industry, the automotive safety sector and research organisations: Autotech Engineering Deutschland, Centro Ricerche Fiat, I2M, IDIADA, Istituto Italiano della Saldatura (IIS), the University of Mondragon, SSAB, Salzgitter AG and the University of Siegen.
