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Driving change at Renault

ArcelorMittal Tech Day results in real innovations for Renault vehicles.

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Many companies offer their customers regular events where innovative products are showcased and technical information is exchanged. But the partnership between ArcelorMittal Europe and Renault goes the extra mile. As well as regular workshops with the Renault team throughout the year, ArcelorMittal holds ad hoc Tech Days with the automaker.

The two companies also hold an annual meeting to identify how ArcelorMittal’s performance translates into real innovations in Renault’s projects. This open and transparent exchange shows that more than half the development work done through the partnership translates into actual vehicle developments.

A high-level delegation of both Renault and ArcelorMittal attended the Tech Day at Renault’s Technocentre in Guyancourt (France).

“Each year, we jointly develop around ten studies with ArcelorMittal covering new steel grades or concepts,” says Yvan Chastel, Metallic Products and Process Expert Leader for Renault. “The studies start with feasibility, the first development step, and proceed through to industrial application of the innovation.”

ArcelorMittal and Renault have jointly developed a chassis suspension arm application which uses a new steel grade. From left to right: Didier Sarnowski, ArcelorMittal Resident Engineer; Yvan Chastel, Metallic Products and Process Expert Leader for Renault; and Patrice Belliard, Flat Products Expert for Renault.

“This technical cooperation approach is also deployed with other suppliers,” notes Arnaud Morizot, Material Engineering VP for Renault: “The difference is that the transformation rate for studies with ArcelorMittal is well over fifty percent, making this collaboration one of the most successful in terms of materials development."

Arnaud Morizot, Material Engineering VP at Renault.

ArcelorMittal’s recent Tech Day included a showroom exhibition and a conference programme with presentations from ArcelorMittal experts in steel solutions and products. The showroom exhibition was designed so that the Renault team could explore at their own pace and ask questions to the ArcelorMittal team. “The Tech Day showroom perfectly illustrated the product and process developments and project applications we have jointly targeted,” notes Patrice Belliard, Flat Products Expert at Renault.

Well over half the studies Renault and ArcelorMittal undertake are transformed into solutions for new and production vehicles.

A showroom exhibition space and an extensive conference programme were included in the Tech Day.

The Tech Day at Renault included an exhibition of parts and solutions from ArcelorMittal.

Decarbonisation challenge a key focus

A key subject of recent discussions has concerned the sharing of decarbonisation strategies. “These exchanges have confirmed the net-zero ambition and timetable for both companies,” says Yvan Chastel. “The discussions also confirm that the priority in this highly competitive environment remains economic competitiveness.”

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Online client newsletter | March 2024

Driving change at Renault

A high-level delegation of both Renault and ArcelorMittal attended the Tech Day at Renault’s Technocentre in Guyancourt (France).

Well over half the studies Renault and ArcelorMittal undertake are transformed into solutions for new and production vehicles.

A showroom exhibition space and an extensive conference programme were included in the Tech Day.

The Tech Day at Renault included an exhibition of parts and solutions from ArcelorMittal.

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