Industrial environment

By 2060, global demand for material resources is expected to nearly double compared to 2017, intensifying environmental pressures and resource competition. Europe’s response is clear: transform industry to be clean, circular, and resilient.

At the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), research drives this industrial transformation by advancing sustainable manufacturing and renewable energy systems. We develop circular economy strategies, innovative materials and digital industrial solutions that enhance efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability across sectors.

LIST aims to support Europe’s shift under the Industry 5.0 vision, the Net-Zero Industry Act, and the Critical Raw Materials Act, fostering a new generation of industrial systems that balance performance, environmental responsibility and energy security.

The value of our partnership with LIST lies in the fact that we truly focus on research, which is difficult to achieve for a corporate entity. This is a long-term investment in science. And this partnership ensures that we can continue our efforts in research and the discovery of new solutions.

The highlight of the collaboration between ArcelorMittal and LIST is certainly Heat2Power®. It allows us to recover the waste heat from our rolling mills. In 2050, we need to be carbon free, that's our goal. We hope that LIST will be our partner to that objective.

We have a challenging project, FlexBeAn, with CREOS where we try to figure out solutions for the volatility of renewable energy in the electricity system. The results of the project that we lead together with the scientific community and LIST in Luxembourg, are very important for our progress. And the results of our projects, when we put them in place, bring an added value to the stakeholders of the system and to the entire society.

We decided to diversify in a new technology, making flight hardware components. The ground technology has been developed in collaboration with LIST in a joint lab where we have really a close collaboration with the team. It has a huge impact to save resources. Half of mass is half energy you need, so ultra lightweight structures make a lot of sense.

ACTIVITY DOMAINS

Our work in the Industrial Environment is structured around two complementary activity domains.
Each contributes to building a more circular, efficient, and resilient European industry:

Sustainable Manufacturing

Developing circular economy strategies, innovative materials and coatings, biomanufacturing processes, and smart composites to reduce waste, improve resource efficiency, and strengthen industrial competitiveness.

Renewable and Clean Energy Systems

Advancing renewable energy generation and storage, efficient cooling technologies, advanced catalysts, & power electronics to accelerate the transition toward carbon-neutral & energy-secure industrial systems.