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On the 24th of May Flanders Metals Valley organized a Flanders Metals Day at Aperam in Genk, a global player in the stainless, electrical and specialty steel market and international leader in environmental sustainability. More...
The “ResourCity app” of VITO is an augmented reality game app in which youngsters hunt for chemical elements instead of Pokémons. By doing so, they discover what fabrics and materials are hidden in the buildings and objects around them. More...
The Critical Raw Materials Act, presented by the European Commission last month, focusses on making Europe less dependent of non-European countries in the search for raw materials which are critical in tomorrow’s economy. The plan proposes a mix of new mining on European soil, additional production capacity to extract usable metals from ores and more recycling. More...
On the 29th of March, for the first time, Flanders Metals Valley organized a combined Flanders Metals Day in 2 companies. As the plants of Umicore and Aurubis in Olen are interlinked and located just next to each other, these two Flanders Metal Valley members joined forces and opened their plants for 60 of our members.
Both companies are specialized in transforming metal concentrates, scrap metals and metal-bearing recycling materials into metals. More...
On the 07th of December 2022, Aluminium Duffel opened its doors for 60 Flanders Metals Valley members for a guided company visit. The company is a European leader in the manufacture and sale of aluminium rolled products for diverse industries worldwide. It features state-of-the art technology, including the widest Automotive cold rolling mill in Europe and a CALP-line (Continuous Annealing Line with Pre-Treatment). More...
On the 30th of November 2022, Flanders Metals Valley organized its first “Flanders Metals Valley Industry Night” which took place at the KU Leuven. This job event brought over 120 master students in contact with 11 member companies of the Flanders Metals Valley More...
On the 10th of November, Flanders Metals Valley organized the "Sorting/Sampling/Characterization" seminar with a guided visit through the Veolia Belgium & Luxembourg installations in Ghent.
Over 60 people participated in this event and got to know each other better during the company visit and an extensive, splendidly catered, networking moment with tasty snacks and drinks. More...
After having celebrated its first anniversary on the 25th of May 2022, Flanders Metals Valley (FMV) takes the next big step forward. FMV’s activities have now grown to such an extent that a full-time coordinator is needed. In order to support this growth, Mr. Kristof Nelis has been appointed on 08/08/2022 as the new coordinator of Flanders Metals Valley. The current coordinators, Bart Blanpain and Mathias Chintinne will remain active in FMV as members of the start-up team. More...
Eind maart verenigden meer dan dertig Vlaamse metaalverwerkende bedrijven zich in Flanders Metals Valley (FMV). Samen willen ze uitgroeien tot een katalysator voor een klimaatneutrale en circulaire metaalsector. More...
ArcelorMittal signs letter of intent with the governments of Belgium and Flanders, supporting €1.1 billion investment in decarbonisation technologies at its flagship Gent plant More...
