Our Research and Development (R&D) programme exists to help us realise our technological ambitions, support our sustainability goals and ensure our future growth. Innovation is encouraged strongly at all levels in our business and is key to our culture of success.
A clear objective of our research is the creation of steel construction products that can provide more sustainable lifestyles. This includes lightweight solutions for floors, high performance insulation and steels resilient to extreme weather conditions. All of our new products are designed to meet the current and emerging needs of our present and future customers.
While our ability to make new products is critical to maintaining our leadership position in a competitive market, the ways in which we make those products is equally important. In fact, most of our success follows a 'process-driven product development' principle. Our process research team works closely with individuals across the business to address technological challenges and improve the reliability and efficiency of our processes, which thereby supports product innovation and allows us to make the best quality products, at the most affordable prices, with the least impact on the environment.
CO2 emissions pose a huge challenge for the entire planet. Our R&D teams across the globe - supported by our leadership, operations and customers - have developed a realistic and comprehensive roadmap to reduce carbon emissions by 30% by 2030. We are dedicating more resources to changing the way we produce steel products to address climate change and sustainability as a whole.
Our R&D team now analyses every new research project in our development pipeline to determine whether it will contribute to a more sustainable way of life. If not, it simply doesn’t move forward.
While greenhouse gas emissions are a primary focus, our criteria also includes many other goals. For example, our expertise in Lifecycle Analysis allows sustainability to be a central part of the design programme in a very holistic sense.
ArcelorMittal employs around 1,500 full-time researchers at 12 locations throughout the world, with centres strategically placed in Europe, North and South America. These centres are where new steel products, processes and solutions are conceived, tested, optimised and deployed.
ArcelorMittal Construction is invested in R&D activity that keeps us at the forefront of innovation and puts us ahead of the competition as the construction manufacturer of choice for our customers.
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