The Steel4Fatigue consortium gathered in Bilbao for a General Assembly, bringing together partners from across Europe to review progress and align on next steps.
During the meeting, whici took place on September 18th, 2025, at the facilities of Sidenor, participants discussed the status of the project, including ongoing research activities, material testing, fatigue analysis, and the planning of upcoming work packages. The assembly also provided a platform to coordinate future actions, share updates from each partner, and ensure the project remains on track to achieve its objectives.
Steel4Fatigue explores new optimised solutions for dynamic components of the automotive industry, by introducing new high-strength steel materials and technologies to reduce the weight of trucks and cars by approximately 10 percent.
The Steel4Fatigue consortium has eleven partners from Spain, Sweden, Italy, Romania and France. These are reference institutions in the field of research, technology and industry such as Eurecat, Arcelormittal Maizieres Research, Lulea Tekniska University, Sidenor Investigación y desarrollo, MW Italia SRL, MW Romania SA, SSAB EMEA AB, SCANIA CV AB, Ferruform Aktiebolag, Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan, and the Spanish Standardisation Association.
