International Projects
Green manufacturing for high-performance steels intended for railway infrastructure
Title: Green manufacturing for high-performance steels intended for railway infrastructure
Acronym: GreenSteel4Rails
Duration: 01 February 2026 – 31 July 2030
Co-financing for Łukasiewicz – GIT: European Commission: EUR 392 798.75
Total project budget: EUR 5 635 115.90
Executive Agency: European Commission – European Research Executive Agency (REA)
Programme Name: Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Contract signed: 19 December 2025
Consortium:
- POLITECHNIKA WROCŁAWSKA, Poland (Coordinator)
- ARCELORMITTAL INNOVACION INVESTIGACION E INVERSION SL, Spain
- VIAS Y CONSTRUCCIONES SA, Spain
- AGENCIA ESTATAL CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS, Spain
- CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES ASBL, Belgium
- SIEĆ BADAWCZA ŁUKASIEWICZ – GÓRNOŚLĄSKI INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGICZNY, Poland
- TECNOCLAD LASER SOLUTIONS SOCIEDAD LIMITADA, Spain
- INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE, Portugal
- ELEKTRO THERMIT GMBH & CO. KG, Germany
- FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JULICH GMBH, Germany
- ARCELORMITTAL ESPANA SA, Spain.
Project Manager:
dr inż. Łukasz Poloczek
Tel.: 32 2345 146
E-mail: lukasz.poloczek@git.lukasiewicz.gov.pl
Objective:
The GreenSteel4Rails project is focused on developing and validating, under industrial conditions, a production technology for new-generation, low-carbon, high-strength rail steel, which will be developed in accordance with the principles of the circular economy and sustainable metallurgy. The project addresses strategic challenges of European Union policy, including the pursuit of climate neutrality, reducing emissions in the steel sector, and modernizing transportation systems with rail playing a dominant role as a mode of transport with minimal environmental impact. The project is based on the introduction of innovative material design concepts for rail infrastructure, by combining modern metallurgical technologies, advanced materials engineering strategies, and technology demonstrations under industrial conditions, which form the basis for their future implementation.
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