On February 28, 2017, Smart Engineering was selected for the Ingenium acceleration program organized by Celsa Group. The Ingenium program promoted by Celsa Group, is an initiative that seeks talents able to successfully solve the challenges the company is facing. Ingenium was created with the desire to revolutionise the model of the steel sector, to assume the transformation that the Industry 4.0 poses in order to lead the change and revolutionise the steel sector.
Ingenium arises to solve the challenges Celsa Group faces day by day in its production process, or to include new technologies in industrial processes which revolutionise the sector. These challenges, grouped into 5 large groups, are: 1 – Energy storage, 2 – Traceability in the supply chain, 3 – 3-D printing, 4 – Smart steel, and 5 – Use of byproducts
In this edition of the Ingenium program, 48 proposals were presented, with 20 being submitted to the final phase. Smart Engineering participated in the final selection phase with three different projects. Two of them sought to valorize blast furnace slags, transforming it into a product of high added value. The other project was to modify the steel reinforcements in such a way that they have intrinsic sensing capacity. In total 10 projects have been selected, with Smart Engineering being the only company with two finalist projects. Now a 6 to 8 month acceleration and mentoring program is being set up between Celsa Group Senior Managers and Smart Engineering to transform projects into pilots. In this way, Smart Engineering is consolidated as a leading innovation and development company in the Civil Engineering sector, clearly betting on the development of new materials with improved properties and contributing to sustainability.
