SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub. UKRI-EPSRC (EP/S018107/1)

Project Lead: Dr George Dowson (PDRA) from June 2020

SUSTAIN is an ambitious collaborative research project led by the National Steel Innovation Centre at Swansea University to transform the productivity, product diversity and environmental performance of the steel supply chain in the UK.

Working with Warwick Manufacturing Group and the University of Sheffield, the SUSTAIN Manufacturing Hub will lead grand challenge research projects of carbon neutral steel and ironmaking and smart steel processing. The Hub is funder by UKRI-EPSRC and will run from 2019 to 2026.

The UK steel businesses cover different market sectors and are all engaged in this project committing >£13M in supporting funds. Tata Steel lead work on strip steel products used in automotive (incl. electrical steels for generators and motors construction) and packaging applications. British Steel produce long products for key sectors such as rail transport and construction.

Liberty Specialty produce unique steels for sectors such as aerospace and nuclear power, Sheffield Forgemasters manufacture products for power generation, defence and civil nuclear industries, and Celsa make section steels and reinforcement primarily for construction. Our role will be to develop a carbon capture system for installation at Tata South Wales where the CO2 is then converted to an aviation fuel.