EN-Corporate-About-us-Innovation HUB
At Tata Steel we want to maintain our position as one of the world’s leading steel companies.
<a href=/product-ranges/automotive/electro-plated-steel>Tata Steel is a committed partner within the automotive industry. Combining ourmaterials, design eng...</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/automotive/metallic-coated>Tata Steel offers a wide choice of metallic coated steel for inner and outer panels. Our product ran...</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/construction>Taking a proactive approach, we are unique in sharing our deep knowledge of steel, advising on how t...</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/engineering/metallic-coated>Tata Steel offers a wide choice of metallic coated steel.</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/packaging>As one of Europe’s leading suppliers of high-quality packaging steels, we work closely with our bu...</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/plating/electro-plated>At Tata Steel Plating we work closely with our customers to find cost-effective solutions to technic</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/tubes/structural-tubes>Cold formed welded steel structural hollow sections supplied to EN10219.Produced with precision and ...</a>
<a href=/coil-data-on-demand>Make better decisions and reduce lead times with direct access to coil data. You can now empower you...</a>
<a href=/automotive/aurora-online>High quality data and expert advice to make your simulations easier to set up and more accurate.
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<a href=/brands/automotive/hilumin>HILUMIN®for cylindrical battery cell casings in electric vehicles.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/hi-lite>Hi-Lite:a thin non-oriented electrical steel for efficient and high-performance electric motors.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/hyperform>Hyperform®: extra formability for lightweight AHSS design.Tackling weight, costs and performance si</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/magizinc-auto>MagiZinc®Auto: advanced hot-dip galvanisedcoating for inner parts and outer panels.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/plt>Prime Lubrication Treatment:advanced surface treatment for smooth processing of automotive panels.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/serica-flo>Serica®FLO:a premium surface finish for a market-leading paint appearance.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive/xpf>XPF® for easy lightweighting and improved energy absorption in complex structural vehicle parts.</a>
<a href=/brands/automotive>Brands in the Automotive product portfolio</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering/magizinc>MagiZincis an innovative replacement for conventional galvanised steels. It provides superior corros...</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering/valast>Valast® wear resistant steel is developed to withstand the most demanding conditions. Discover how ...</a>
<a href=/product-ranges/engineering/direct-rolled/high-strength-steel>Ymagine® direct-rolled steel comes in five high-strength, low-alloy (HSLA) grades offering either w...</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering/ympress>Ympressis a hot-rolled, high-strength, low-alloy steel with outstanding formability and consistent p...</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering/ympress-laser>Tailor-made for efficient, high-speed laser cutting, this homogeneous, hot-rolled steel combines exc...</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering/ymvit>Tata Steel’s Ymvit cold-rolled steel for enamelling delivers end product and process benefits incl...</a>
<a href=/brands/engineering>Discover our engineering brands for various applications in the heavy vehicles sector, solar constru...</a>
<a href=/brands/packaging/protact>Protactlaminated steel is food-safe and optimised for efficient, sustainable canmaking with opportun...</a>
<a href=/brands/packaging/tcct>Asustainable, reliable replacement for conventional tin-free packaging steel (ECCS) developed by Tat...</a>
<a href=/brands/packaging>We make steel for packaging. Our specialist steels are designed for food and drinks cans, aerosols, ...</a>
<a href=/steel-service-centre-feijen>Our service centre in Maastricht (Feijen) is part of our highly specialised distribution service for...</a>
<a href=/steel-service-centre-multisteel>MultiSteel offers one of the broadest multi-metal ranges in Europe, including HRP, CRC, HDG, DSP and...</a>
<a href=/steel-service-centre-unitol>Our Unitol steel service center in Corbeil-Essonnes, France, offers one of the broadest ranges of st...</a>
<a href=/steel-service-centre-gelsenkirchen>Our Gelsenkirchen plant, producing slit coils and cut-to-size sheets, include slitters and blanking ...</a>
<a href=/steel-service-centre-layde>Layde steel slu is located in the north of Spain, the Basque Country.For the transformation of coils...</a>
<a href=/expertise/automotive/applications/energy-storage>Enabling the transition to electrified vehicles by providing solutions for cylindrical battery casin</a>
<a href=/expertise/automotive/applications/seating>Steel design for automotive seats</a>
<a href=/expertise/automotive/applications/body-in-white>Supporting you from concept to series production. Increased energy absorption in BIW parts, reducing...</a>
<a href=/expertise/automotive/applications/chassis-and-suspension>Helping you strike the balance in chassis design.</a>
<a href=/expertise/automotive/applications/outer-panels>SericaFLO for excellent paint appearance on outer panels with appealing designs that are enabled by ...</a>
<a href=/applications/automotive-applications>Tata Steel offers a wide, multi-product portfolio of strip, tubes and forging steels, including a sm...</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering-applications>Steel applications for construction equipment, consumer products, industrial applications, steel pro...</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/bergerecotrail>Using Ympress® S700MC to manufacture BERGERecotrail® semi-trailer bodies and welded-frames for the...</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/frank-original-boron-manganese>Expansion of boron manganese steel offering for agricultural machinery in partnership with Frank Wal...</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/hyster-yale>Opportunities for Hyster Yale to deliver lower total cost of ownership to its customers.</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/jcb-landpower>EnablingJCB to develop an optimally-designed next-generation tractor.</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/kuhn-gyrotedders>KUHN co-developed a newhollow section specification:Hybox TT.</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/linssen-yachts>S235 steel products create ultra-smooth hulls for Linssen Yachts.</a>
<a href=/expertise/engineering/case-studies/palfinger>Crane maker Palfinger benefits from a unique partnership.</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/applications/engineering-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
<a href=/expertise/packaging/applications>Our packaging steel products are designedfor a diverse range ofapplications from aerosols to food ca...</a>
<a href=/expertise/packaging/case-studies/bonduelle>Two thirds of Dutch consumers didn'tknow that a can is endlessly recyclable according to consumer re...</a>
<a href=/applications/packaging/case-studies/snert>Joris Bijdendijk is a renowned Dutch chef at the Michelin-starred RIJKS restaurant, located next to ...</a>
<a href=/expertise/packaging/case-studies/calvo-vuelca-facil>Consumers, from older users to children can sometimes find traditional tuna cans difficult to use du...</a>
<a href=/expertise/packaging-case-studies>We can make a real difference to your performance by understanding your business and delivering stee...</a>
Pete Longdon, Manager New Technology & Innovation at Tata Steel, said: “Getting ahead of the game – and staying there – is vital in our competitive industry. We are creating new specifications of steel to do special jobs in demanding applications – pursuing strength, formability, ductility as well as qualities to resist corrosion. Such products may appear in the automotive, engineering, construction or many other market sectors.”
The Open Innovation strategy will ensure that technical contributions can be received from widespread and diverse sources, including academia, suppliers and customers. It will help Tata Steel develop new products and processes and to encourage innovative collaboration with existing and potential new partners.
Pete Longdon added: “Open Innovation is all about recognising that there is much to be gained from sharing challenges and solutions with the wide community of experts outside the company. Our new online portal will facilitate the opportunity for Tata Steel to work with external partners in a much more open and transparent way, whilst always ensuring that Intellectual Property for all parties is respected.
“We’re looking for a wide range of opportunities, including new applications for our products, new coatings and ways to combine our products with other materials. We will also be open to ideas which improve our processes – optimising raw materials and energy usage and reducing waste, for example.”
Welsh Government Economy Minister Edwina Hart AM said: “This award is part of a pilot project which is itself part of our new approach to encourage the development of commercially exploitable solutions for the benefit of Welsh businesses. Wales already lays claim to many new and exciting technologies. Tata Steel is an anchor company for the Welsh economy and this solution opens the door for Welsh technical contributors – in universities and elsewhere – to make their mark.”
Pete Longdon explained: “We’ll be using social media to encourage contributors to enter the site and offer their input to various technical challenges. We can then engage directly with contributors, working together more closely and ensuring their part is appropriately credited.”
The Tata Steel Open Innovation Portal will be launched in early 2014.
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For further information, contact Robert Dangerfield on +44 (0)1639 603210 or robert.dangerfield@tatasteel.com
About Tata Steel in Europe
The European operations of Tata Steel comprise Europe's second largest steel producer. With the main steelmaking operations in the UK and Netherlands, they supply steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, lifting & excavating, energy & power, aerospace and other demanding markets worldwide. The combined Tata Steel group is one of the world’s largest steel producers, with an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents.
At Tata Steel we want to maintain our position as one of the world’s leading steel companies.