ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products

Online client newsletter | September 2024


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Powering the energy transition

EuroGroup and ArcelorMittal deliver smart electric motor core solutions for global manufacturers.

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EuroGroup’s high-end motor cores integrate ArcelorMittal’s extensive portfolio of specialist NOES steels for a range of applications.



Stators and rotors are the “backbone” of any electric motor or generator, and demand is booming from global OEMs in the Automotive industry to satisfy the challenges of the electric vehicles (EV) revolution. There is also increasing demand for advanced motor cores across wider Industry, driven by the rapid development of renewable energy generation and big advances in automation.

Eurogroup Laminations and ArcelorMittal are partnering to deliver smart, high-specification motor core solutions, combining EuroGroup’s global leadership in the design and production of motor cores with ArcelorMittal’s expertise and increasing capacity in non-oriented electrical steels (NOES).



“Responding to EU deadlines for the transition away from conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles by 2035, global automotive OEMs are looking not only for the best performing electric motors, but also partners who can reliably develop the European capacity for high volume vehicle production”, says Marco Barabino, Key Account Manager Electrical Steel at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products. “That’s why we’re collaborating closely with EuroGroup, and investing heavily in new electrical steel production lines at Mardyck in France, that will triple our annual production capacity to 300,000 tonnes”.

Marco Barabino, Key Account Manager Electrical Steel at ArcelorMittal Europe – Flat Products.

Marco Arduini, CEO of EGLA, market leader in the design and production of stators and rotors for electric motors and generators.

“We’re expecting both our EV & Automotive and Industrial divisions and segments to grow significantly, as the world shifts towards the energy transition. While this transition will certainly be a lengthy and possibly bumpy process, everyone agrees on its inevitability: ‘the world is becoming electric!’. This is the reason why we are focusing on expanding our production footprint and installed capacity, with tailored investments in global production”, says Marco Arduini, CEO, EuroGroup Laminations.

ArcelorMittal has developed its dedicated iCARe® range of innovative electrical steels specifically for the automotive market. Global R&D teams and engineers from ArcelorMittal and EuroGroup’s EV division have joined forces to build these iCARe® offerings into bespoke motor core solutions for EuroGroup’s customers, covering the fundamental traction requirements, and also the increasing range of high-end auxiliary motors now incorporated in all vehicles, such as Electric Power Steering, oil and water pumps and heat pumps for thermal management of the car.



ArcelorMittal’s three main iCARe® offerings - iCARe® Torque, iCARe® Save and iCARe® Speed.
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EuroGroup’s Industrial division also works closely with ArcelorMittal employing the latter’s extensive portfolio of NOES products and grades, which are recognised internationally for their high-performance, quality and sustainability, and are used in a wide range of applications.

“Each customer is looking for very specific performance characteristics from motor cores, and we have a range of standard and more tailor-made solutions. Our Global R&D teams are working closely with Eurogroup's engineering teams to co-develop the next range of products.

The thickness of the steel and its lamination characteristics impact its polarisation, magnetic and energy loss properties. Together, all these factors, determine its performance. Therefore, product development and refinement are constantly evolving and never stands still”
, says Marco Barabino.

ArcelorMittal Europe is tripling its electrical steel production capacity at Mardyck in France to 300,000 tonnes.

“Our relationship with ArcelorMittal is very good. Today, they are one of our major suppliers of electrical steels for EV products, but our collaboration with them is also focused on the industrial market. The ArcelorMittal teams are constantly in contact and collaborating on a technical standpoint with the most important final OEM customers (both in the automotive and industrial sectors), which helps them to be homologated from the very beginning of each project. In the electrical steel segment, they are one of the key investors in the EU, guaranteeing both quality and quantity of output to meet our future demand and that of the OEMs and manufacturers we supply. Moreover, ArcelorMittal is a global group, also covering all the other regions, just like us – this means that we can develop a strong relationship and collaborate on an international level” , concluded Marco Arduini.
Summing up, Marco Barabino commented: “With our new capacity coming on-stream at Mardyck at the end of this year, we’re ready to build on our strong position in electrical steels. We offer a strong partnership approach with customers, while supporting them with our unique Global R&D and innovation capabilities. Our NOES steels are perfectly suited for the revolution taking place in the energy transition markets”.


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