CRM ACTIVITIES The research activity of CRM The Common Research Programme is approved of by the steel companies from the ARCELOR and CORUS groups. It includes projects: selected by experts from the industry. aiming at industrial applications. performed in collaboration with industrial partners. - STEP CHANGES60% - INNOVATION40% + Private Works Structure of the projects Phase 1 : Feasibility study (1 year) by small scale tests End of phase 1 : - filing of patents; - building of the research project with industrial partners; - submission for financing. Phase 2 : Validation (2 - 3 years) by laboratory investigations. Phase 3 : Demonstration (2 - 3 years) by tests on pilot lines.

The research activity in 2006 Common Research Programme: 76 projects. 18 topics covering the whole of steel manufacturing. budget : 8 M. present portfolio of 377 patents based on 59 inventions. Private Works : works for ferrous and non ferrous metal producers and transformers, roll manufacturers, SME's ... budget : 2.5 M.