Centro Sviluppo Materiali S.p.A

The Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM) is an applied research center which creates vanguard technological solutions in the materials sector, especially for steel and special alloys. It has six branches in Italy and more than 300 employees and consultants. It has recently become part of RINA, an international certification and services company dealing in the naval, environmental, energy, infrastructure and transport sector, which has bought a stake of 50.5%. The main shareholders of the Centro Sviluppo Materiali are Tenaris Dalmine, Acciai Speciali Terni, Finmeccanica, Fincantieri, Tenova, Vesuvius, Arvedi, SAIPEM, Polo Tecnologico Industriale Romano, ACEA and AMA. Such a varied background means that it covers the entire range of the innovation process from the steel industry to physical and chemical processes right up to the production chain. The most important research and innovation aspects include supply chains, the steel industry, aerospace, Energy and the Environment, with special reference to the use of hazardous industrial waste to produce thermal and electric energy. (Waste-to-Energy). [1] To name but a few : Siemens Energy, Chemnitz University of Technology (Germany), TenarisDalmine, AnsaldoEnergia, RTM Breda, Centro Sviluppo Materiali (Italy), E.ON, Doosan Babcock, Alstom (UK), Tohoku University, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, IHI Corporation, INAIL (Italy), National Institute of Material Science (NIMS), Japan Atomic Energy Agency (Japan), Shanghai Power Equipment Research Institute, Shanghai Boiler Works (China), Mercedes Benz R & D India (India), Eskom (South Africa), EPRI- Electric Power Research Industry (USA), EDF Energy (UK/France).