⚡ Driving the future of low-carbon steelmaking ⚡ We have installed a new 7-tonne Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) in our Green Steel Centre in Teesside, UK — strengthening our capability to develop and demonstrate next-generation sustainable steel technologies. As the global steel industry accelerates towards lower-emission production, pilot-scale EAF facilities are becoming critical for testing and validating innovative processes before deployment at full industrial scale. The furnace will support: ✅ Industrial-scale electric steelmaking trials ✅ Scrap utilisation optimisation ✅ Specialist steel alloy development ✅ Machine learning integration ✅ Testing of emerging green steel technologies This investment provides steel producers, technology developers, researchers, and academic partners with a world-class environment to collaborate, innovate, and accelerate decarbonisation across the steel value chain. Supported by £2.9m funding from Innovate UK through the Foundation Industry Sustainability Consortium (FISC) EconoMISER programme. More details here - https://lnkd.in/erSbTcGW Video link – https://lnkd.in/ezeA8Pcf #GreenSteel #Steelmaking #Decarbonisation #Sustainability #Innovation #Manufacturing #LowCarbon #ElectricArcFurnace #MaterialsProcessingInstitute #UKIndustry #NetZero #IndustrialInnovation #MachineLearning #Recycling #FutureOfSteel
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Materials and Process Innovation for a Sustainable Future
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The Materials Processing Institute is a research and innovation centre serving organisations that work in advanced materials, industrial decarbonisation, the circular economy and digital technologies. The Institute is a not-for-profit company based in Teesside, UK. The Institute started from the original British Iron and Steel Research Association (BISRA) established in 1945, and for over 80 years has been developing new materials, processes and technologies. The Institute is a leading international organisation recognised for upscaling and commercialisation of materials and process innovation. The Institute develops and helps commercialise technology that helps industry increase profitability, enables growth and reduces environmental impact in a safe and sustainable way.
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What if metal parts could be lighter without losing strength? The benefits would be significant. A lighter vehicle needs less energy to move. That can mean lower fuel use, longer EV range, reduced emissions, lower transport costs, and less wear on components. In some cases, lightweighting can also allow designers to use smaller batteries, motors, support structures, or handling systems. One useful benchmark: the US Department of Energy notes that a 10% reduction in vehicle weight can improve fuel economy by around 6–8%. But making metals lighter is not simple. Strength, toughness, fatigue resistance, corrosion behaviour, manufacturability and cost all have to work together. A lighter alloy is only useful if it survives the real operating environment. That takes scientific work. It takes alloy design, melting trials, heat treatment, forming, testing, failure analysis, and often a fair amount of trial and error. The best material is rarely found on a spreadsheet alone. It has to be made, tested, improved, and tested again. At MPI, we support this journey from idea to practical material. We have the facilities and know-how to develop, melt, cast, process, characterise and validate new alloys and metal products: from small experimental batches to pilot-scale trials. If you are trying to make your product lighter, stronger, or more efficient, let us know. Sometimes the biggest performance gain starts with one simple question: Can we make this part lighter?
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Most businesses want to become greener, including those working with metals. Right now, the Electric Arc Furnace is one of the main viable routes for reducing carbon emissions in metal production. But it is not as simple as replacing conventional metalmaking overnight. New processes need to be developed, tested, scaled up and de-risked. At MPI, we have been working to improve EAF processes so the metals industry can move towards cleaner production. We recently upgraded our Electric Arc Furnace to help accelerate green metal technology. We support automotive, aerospace, steel and wider manufacturing supply chains with lower-carbon metal production, new feedstocks and bespoke grades. Missed our recent webinar introducing the new EAF? Watch it here: https://lnkd.in/e6gu6fzk
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New Electric Arc Furnace webinar video - watch here - If you missed our webinar last week introducing our new Electric Arc Furnace and our Green Steel Centre, you can catch up with it here. Your chance to see what we can do to accelerate and improve your journey to greener steel investments, research, commercialisation and production. The Green Steel Centre works with the steel industry and supply chain to develop technologies, materials, processes, and knowledge to decarbonise steel production and accelerate the emergence of a sustainable, profitable Green Steel economy. The installation of a brand-new upgraded Electric Arc Furnace expands our historic capabilities to demonstrate, scale-up and de-risk advances in steelmaking processes, test new feedstocks, and produce slab or ingots of bespoke steel grades. Here’s the link to watch the webinar - https://lnkd.in/e6gu6fzk #Steelmaking #Innovation #Manufacturing #Engineering #ElectricArcFurnace #Sustainability #IndustrialInnovation #Commissioning #GreenSteel #Steel #Decarbonisation UK Steel Innovate UK UK Research and Innovation FISC (Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium)
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Shiva Sundaram, Commercial Director, Materials Processing Institute, will be a panel chair at tomorrow’s New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) Conference: "Powering Industrial Decarbonisation: SMRs for Materials Processing Industries” The panel discussion is centred on Decarbonisation Strategies and Industrial Applications and on the panel will be: Stuart R Broadley FEI, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Industries Council (EIC) Will Pearson CEng FIMechE, Nuclear Commercial Director, Tarmac Dr Edwin Basson, Director General, World Steel Association It’s not too late to book your place - Registration: Free to attend - https://lnkd.in/eEMdJ7XT Event Details: 📅 Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026 📍 Location: London, UK For further information, including the agenda, speaker list, and registration, please visit the NNWI website - https://lnkd.in/eEMdJ7XT #Nuclear #Energy #SMRs #AdvancedNuclear #HeavyIndustry #IndustrialDecarbonisation #NetZero #MaterialsProcessingIndustries #EnergyIndustries #NuclearSupplyChain #Chemicals #Steel #Cement #Metals #NuclearEnergy #SMR #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition @Energy Industries Council @WorldSteel @Tarmac @Nuclear Industry Association @Great British Nuclear @International Atomic Energy Agency @UK Atomic Energy Authority @Tokamak Energy
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Mark Allan, Green Metals & Green Steel Centre Leader here at the Materials Processing Institute, will be speaking on Thursday at the New Nuclear Watch Institute (NNWI) Conference: "Powering Industrial Decarbonisation: SMRs for Materials Processing Industries” Event Details: 📅 Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026 📍 Location: London, UK 🎟️ Registration: Free to attend It’s not too late to book your place - Registration: Free to attend - https://lnkd.in/eEMdJ7XT Mark will speak about the critical pathways for decarbonisation within energy-intensive industries, particularly focusing on the steel sector. He will address the pressing need to reduce CO2 emissions associated with steel production and explore the potential of low-emission energy sources and innovative technologies. Mark’s presentation will include details about the shift towards electrified steelmaking technology, focusing on the development of commercial production processes for high recycled content steel grades which can be made with clean electricity through Electric Arc Furnaces, our work to support the scaling up of new grades of steel suitable for nuclear fusion energy devices, and the impacts of human-centred AI in steelmaking. The event will focus on a range of key topics, including: ▪️ Technological Innovations in SMRs for Materials Processing ▪️ Decarbonisation Strategies and Industrial Applications ▪️ Policy, Economics, and Regulatory Frameworks for Industrial SMRs ▪️ Supply Chain and Infrastructure for Industrial SMR Deployment This conference, hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, serves as a crucial platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to explore transformative innovations in sustainable heavy industries. Attendees will engage in discussions on vital topics, including decarbonisation strategies and the application of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in heavy industries, shaping the future of the sector. For further information, including the agenda, speaker list, and registration, please visit the NNWI website - https://lnkd.in/eEMdJ7XT #Nuclear #Energy #SMRs #AdvancedNuclear #HeavyIndustry #IndustrialDecarbonisation #NetZero #MaterialsProcessingIndustries #EnergyIndustries #NuclearSupplyChain #Chemicals #Steel #Cement #Metals #NuclearEnergy #SMR #FusionEnergy #EnergyTransition Rolls-Royce SMR Cavendish Nuclear Nuclear Energy Institute Nuclear Industry Association Great British Energy - Nuclear International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) UK Atomic Energy Authority Tokamak Energy UK Steel
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Your chance to hear more about our new Electric Arc Furnace, the only research facility of its kind in the UK and pivotal in developing the technologies and processes that will enable the next generation of green steel production. You will hear about how this upgraded EAF will provide a cutting-edge facility for developing, testing, and refining advanced green steel technologies and how it will support the transition to sustainable, low-carbon steelmaking backed by existing secondary refining and casting capability to enhance the future of steelmaking.
AFRC Sheffield Forging & Forming Forum - Come and join us !!! (Green Steel Developments / Intelligent Forging: Digitisation, Data and AI Opportunities / Steel Tariffs Impact) Materials Processing Institute // Advanced Forming Research Centre IF you work directly in either the Forging or Forming Sectors and would like to meet with likeminded industrialists, then this could be one for you!! On Tuesday the 19th May at 16:00 industrialists from both these sectors will meet for the next Forging & Forming Forum at Gripple UK & Ireland's GLIDE House. We have two fantastic presentations for you, hearing first from Richard Birley - Director of Delivery at the MPI and my colleague Salah Rahimi - Professor / Chief Engineer at the Advanced Forming Research Centre. In addition to this - we will discuss the latest Steel Tariffs and the impact it is having and will have on manufacturing. As usual we will have a 30-40 minute networking session. These sessions have proved to be very successful with some of you working together on projects, forming new business relationships and gaining a better of standing of what is happening in the industries. We already have over fifty industrialists from the two sectors booked. Please contact me if you work directly in the Forging & Forming sectors and are interested in attending. This is a by invitation only event. Good things happen when we talk!!! Tracy McCarroll Advanced Forming Research Centre National Manufacturing Institute Scotland Richard Birley Andrew Cargill MPI
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You still have time to join this conference and find out more about what we are doing to support the nuclear industry to scale up specialist steels for use in nuclear fusion environments.
🌍 Stay tuned for the NNWI Conference! Mark Allan, Green Metals & Green Steel Centre Leader at the Materials Processing Institute (MPI), will join us as a panel speaker at the upcoming NNWI Conference, "Powering Industrial Decarbonisation: SMRs for Materials Processing Industries," taking place on 14 May 2026 in London, UK. Mark will speak about the critical pathways for decarbonisation within energy-intensive industries, particularly focusing on the steel sector. He will address the pressing need to reduce CO2 emissions associated with steel production and explore the potential of low-emission energy sources and innovative technologies. In partnership with the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) and hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP, this conference serves as a crucial platform for industry leaders, policymakers, and experts to explore transformative innovations in sustainable heavy industries. Attendees will engage in discussions on vital topics, including decarbonisation strategies and the application of Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) in heavy industries, shaping the future of the sector. Event Details: 📅 Date: Thursday, 14 May 2026 📍 Location: London, UK 🎟️ Registration: Free to attend For further information, including the agenda and speaker list, please visit our website: https://lnkd.in/eEMdJ7XT We look forward to welcoming you there! #Nuclear #Energy #SMRs #AdvancedNuclear #HeavyIndustry #IndustrialDecarbonisation #NetZero #MaterialsProcessingIndustries #EnergyIndustries #NuclearSupplyChain #Chemicals #Steel #Cement #Metals
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Webinar Alert: 1 week until - MPI International Green Steel Centre - Meet the New Electric Arc Furnace 📅 Wednesday, 06 May 2026 ⏰ 14:00 – 14:45 BST Our new 7-tonne Electric Arc Furnace is up and running - Join us online to hear from our Green Steel Centre team as they showcase the capabilities of this new Electric Arc Furnace and our other facilities. 👉 See what we can do to accelerate and improve your journey to greener steel investments, research, commercialisation and production. The Green Steel Centre works with the steel industry and supply chain to develop technologies, materials, processes, and knowledge to decarbonise steel production and accelerate the emergence of a sustainable, profitable Green Steel economy. Wherever you act in the supply chain - steelmakers, suppliers, buyers, researchers, investors - the Green Steel Centre has something to offer you. The installation of a brand-new upgraded Electric Arc Furnace expands our historic capabilities to demonstrate, scale-up and de-risk advances in steelmaking processes, test new feedstocks, and produce slab or ingots of bespoke steel grades. 👥 Join this webinar to see the benefits that this new EAF and our Green Steel Centre bring to the industry. 🔗 Register now - https://lnkd.in/evCBFkwP #Steelmaking #Innovation #Manufacturing #Engineering #ElectricArcFurnace #Sustainability #IndustrialInnovation #Commissioning #GreenSteel #Steel #Decarbonisation UK Steel Innovate UK UK Research and Innovation FISC (Foundation Industries Sustainability Consortium)
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WorldSteel Technology Committee tour Green Steel Centre and get to see our new Electric Arc Furnace Members of the WorldSteel Technology Committee have visited the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) today ahead of their upcoming meeting in Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th April, where key industry topics will be discussed. During today’s visit, committee members toured our facilities to gain insight into the support we provide to the steel industry. This included a visit to the Green Steel Centre, home to our new 7-tonne electric arc furnace (EAF), alongside a range of other advanced furnaces. The Green Steel Centre works in collaboration with the steel industry and its supply chain to develop and refine technologies, materials, processes, and expertise aimed at decarbonising steel production. This state-of-the-art facility enables the transition to low-carbon steelmaking by supporting pilot-scale trials, fostering innovation, and facilitating the development and production of specialist steel grades. As part of the tour, the group also got to see our other facilities, including: ✔️ Advanced Materials Development Centre ✔️ Advanced Materials Characterisation Centre ✔️ Powder Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing laboratories ✔️ Metallurgy and Chemical Analysis laboratories ✔️ Pyrometallurgical and multi-fuel furnace facilities The visit also highlighted the wider innovation ecosystem on site, with stops at resident companies Binding Solutions Ltd and Globus Metal Powders Ltd. Binding Solutions Ltd focuses on converting primary iron ore into high-value pellets, supporting the decarbonisation of steel production. Globus Metal Powders Ltd specialises in the development of high-quality metal powders for Additive Manufacturing (AM) and Powder Metallurgy (PM) applications. Andrew Purvis, Director of Sustainable Manufacturing, WorldSteel, commented: “The visit gave our Technology Committee members an opportunity to see MPI’s facilities first-hand and to understand how the Green Steel Centre, including the new electric arc furnace, can support practical work on lower-carbon steelmaking. The visit also showed the value of linking industry challenges with pilot-scale testing and with the wider group of companies on the site. We are grateful to MPI, Binding Solutions and Globus Metal Powders for hosting us and sharing their expertise.” #SteelIndustry #GreenSteel #Decarbonisation #Innovation #SustainableManufacturing #ElectricArcFurnace #MaterialsScience #RAndD #NetZero #Manufacturing #CleanEnergy #AdditiveManufacturing #PowderMetallurgy World Steel Association (worldsteel) Andrew Purvis Globus Metal Powders Binding Solutions Limited UK Steel
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