ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products updateClient magazine | May 2016 4 Electrifying efficiency 10 Steel Envelope leads to success 15 Keeping our canned food safe 18 Hybrid vehicles get S-in motion® weight savings ContentsContents 04 ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks goes 16 Transforming ef ciency 4 Electrifyingthe efficiency extra mile 18 Hybrid vehiclesImproved grain get oriented S-in motion electrical® steels meet 2015 energy effi ciency targets. New Newinvestments partnership to keep sees pace ArcelorMittal with weight savings carmakers. electrical steels included in world’s most New study demonstrates lightweight advanced modelling tool. potential of advanced steels in hybrid vehicles. 06 Going orange, staying green! 18 Increasing the life and load capacity 6 New resourcesArcelorMittal help Europe customers brands coils infind the 20 Quality ofand heavy sustainability equipment guaranteed new livery. right steel ArcelorMittalGranite® pre-painted promotes full steels and forglobal outdoor offer for yellow and green good Discover and explore our new product applications qualify for ECCA Premium® manufacturers. catalogue. label. Find the right product with Steel Advisor. 07 VAMA inaugurates landmark 19 Meeting the world’s need for energy automotive steel plant 8 Investing in the future of steel 21 HarmonyOil onand gas:the from seas steel to solutions. New Wecontinuous continuously annealing invest line to rollsimprove out ArcelorMittal logistics and steels help STX fi rst thecoil inenergy China. efficiency and environmental France meet demanding schedule. performance of our mills. 08 In the same boat! 20 Steel can, and does! 10 ImpressiveArcelorMittal steels Europe transform presents complete 22 SecuringArcelorMittal’s Europe’s steels energy for beverage supply cans shipbuildingour built offer environmentat SMM. lowerArcelorMittal costs and improve to supply sustainability. over 375,000 A new look for waste and energy plant. tonnes of steel for pipelines which will Granite® HDX allows Arcus College safeguard region’s access to natural gas. to reach for the sky. Granite® Impression gives new life to St Bartholomew’s church. 11 ArcelorMittal to launch new toolbox 22 Excelling in pre-painted steel 15 Keepingfor our architects canned food safe 23 Into deeperArcelorMittal waters strengthens involvement with ECCA. SteelSteels Envelope for packagingshowcases keep a selection food nutritious of New technology generates energy from our aestheticand tasty steels for longer. for construction. floating wind turbines. 12 Aluzinc® stars in agship of French sport 24 Making it easier to put the right steel 16 ExtendingThe prestigiouslifting capacity metal coating and for reach 24 In the FASTin the lane right place prestigious projects. New high strength grades for yellow and OnlineArcelorMittal Automotive selected Product as Catalogue Steel partner for green goods give OEMs the strength to getsnew a complete VW supplier revamp. programme. innovate. Copyright: All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in 14 A local approach, globally any form or by any means without prior permission in writing. 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VanessaL-1160 Vanhalst, Luxembourg, 19, avenue flateurope.arcelormittal.com de la Liberté, L-2930 Luxembourg Cover picture: © AzriSuratmin / istockphoto.com, adapted by Philippe Vandenameelefl ateurope.arcelormittal.com 2 Update l Client magazine l November 2014 2 Update l Client magazine l May 2016 EN_Update_nov 2014.indd 2 19/11/14 17:01 Opinion Why the circular economy matters Many steel industry observers have been quick to speculate whether steel has a future in Europe, given the many challenges we face today. Unlike some, I don’t just believe that the steel industry has a future in Europe, I believe that having a strong European steel industry is vital to the future of manufacturing here in Europe. Each edition of Update features an article Without a highly efficient and innovative Europe’s steel industry has a major part to from an ArcelorMittal opinion leader. steel sector, European industry would be at play in the circular economy. Thanks to its In this issue we hear from Geert Van a significant disadvantage compared with unique properties and 100% recyclability, Poelvoorde, CEO of ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products and president of the other regions. If steel production moves steel is fundamental to the closed loop European Steel Association (EUROFER). outside Europe we would lose control of approach of the circular economy, which the supply chain, meaning that quality includes the production, consumption, cannot be guaranteed. re-use and recycling of materials. The concept of the circular economy also This does not need to happen, if the right includes an industry’s wider value to measures are put in place to protect society. In the case of steel, every euro steelmaking. I believe that the European of demand for steel products creates steel industry’s future should be built additional demand worth €3.10 to society, on two foundations: innovation, and of which €2.10 goes to other suppliers. recognising steel’s central role in the This powerful leverage arises from long circular economy which includes the value chains across a range of economic production, consumption, re-use and activities including transport, construction, recycling of materials. automotive, aeronautics, and electronics. The European steel industry is a major The EU’s legislative proposal – the so called innovator. Across ArcelorMittal we employ ‘Circular Economy package’ - supports 1,300 researchers who work on innovation the introduction of new definitions which every single day. For example, we work clarify the value of various recovery with our automotive partners for years operations along the waste hierarchy. Using before a car goes into production. In those definitions, we can see that making fact, thanks to world-class R&D we steel produces around 0.86 tonnes of CO2 co-design and engineer cars together per tonne on a life-cycle basis. That’s 57% with automotive companies. In 2015, we below the two tonnes of CO2 generated invested more than US$200m in research if a tonne of steel was never recycled. and development, around 80% of which With recycling rates in Europe above 85% was dedicated to Europe. in most sectors, factoring this type of information into decision making will help But innovation isn’t just about making new drive demand for steel long into the future, grades of steel - our production processes as customers increasingly make decisions are also continually being improved to that consider the carbon footprint of what make them more efficient, leading to a they are buying. dramatic increase in the productivity of Europe’s steel industry in the last five years. The statistics strongly support steel as a At the same time we have continued to sustainable material for the future. As well reduce our impact on the environment as producing strong, sustainable steel for and find new and beneficial uses for our our customers we, as ArcelorMittal Europe, by-products. must continue to spread the message that steel innovation, and the central role of And this is where the second foundation for steel in the circular economy, are key to the the future of European steel – recognising long-term future of our industry. steel’s role in the circular economy – comes into play. Geert Van Poelvoorde Update l Client magazine l May 2016 3 © Machmedia Electrifying efficiency New partnership sees ArcelorMittal electrical steels included in world’s most advanced modelling tool As one of the world’s leading suppliers of electrical steels, ArcelorMittal electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical has recently partnered with JMAG – a very advanced software modelling aspects of machines. This allows tool for electrical machines developed by Japan’s JSOL Corporation. manufacturers to create compact machines The partnership will ensure machine manufacturers have access to with higher power density. the latest data on ArcelorMittal’s fully processed electrical steels, enabling them to create more efficient and compact motors. Data on magnetic and electrical fields, stress distribution, vibration, and a range Demand for highly efficient electrical it is not always easy for them to obtain of other criteria can be analysed. “You can motors is growing rapidly. The main drivers the latest data,” notes Yusaku Suzuki, even integrate the control mechanisms behind this growth are increased demand marketing manager at JMAG. “Now all required to drive the machine into the for electric vehicles and new regulations manufacturers can access the ArcelorMittal JMAG modelling tool. Using other software, on machine efficiency. To achieve these