ArcelorMittal announces investment of €300 million in Mardyck, France, to produce electrical steels for industry and electromobility
March 17 2022 - 6:30AM
ArcelorMittal announces investment of €300 million in Mardyck,
France, to produce electrical steels for industry and
electromobility
17 March 2022
ArcelorMittal has announced an investment of more than
€300m, with the support of the French government, to create a new
production unit for electrical steels at its Mardyck site in the
north of France. This investment will create more
than 100 direct jobs. With this new unit, which
will specialise in the production of electrical steels for the
engines of electric vehicles and which complements ArcelorMittal’s
existing electrical steels plant in Saint-Chély d’Apcher, in the
south of France, all of the group's electrical steels will be
produced in France, strengthening France’s electromobility
sector.
The new production unit, which will be located on the existing
ArcelorMittal site in Mardyck near Dunkirk, will produce the
electrical steels used in electric motors in general (including for
industrial machinery) and for electric and hybrid vehicles in
particular.
These steels, which are used in engines in the form of stacks of
very thin layers (0.2 to 0.35 millimeters for the automotive
industry), are characterised by their magnetic and mechanical
properties: high polarisation to maximise engine performance, low
losses to promote vehicle autonomy, and high yield strength to
support engine rotation.
The new industrial unit in Mardyck will have a 200,000-tonne
production capacity and is scheduled to start up in 2024. It will
strengthen the French electromobility sector, which is particularly
well established in France, especially in the Hauts de France
region and in Dunkirk where numerous industrial projects have been
announced in recent months. As part of this contribution to the
electromobility sector, ArcelorMittal’s electrical steels will
contribute to achieving the European Union’s goals on the reduction
of CO2 emissions from mobility. This project is supported by the
French government as part of France 2030.
Agnès Pannier-Runacher, French Minister Delegate for
Industry, commented: “This major investment decision comes
one month after the announcement of the steel decarbonisation
project in Dunkirk and Fos, to which the Prime Minister gave the
State's support. This project will contribute to our goal of carbon
neutrality in 2050, while allowing us to strengthen our steel
production capacities. It is another example of our industrial
renaissance thanks to the policy of the President of the
Republic."
Eric Niedziela, Chairman of ArcelorMittal France and
Vice President Climate Action ArcelorMittal Europe,
commented: “With this new production unit, ArcelorMittal
will be able to support its customers in their developments, and
support the development of electromobility. Keeping the capacity to
produce the steels of the future in Europe and in France is an
essential part of our economic sovereignty, and I am pleased that
the French government is supporting us in this investment through
France Relance”.
Matthieu Jehl, CEO of ArcelorMittal France,
commented: “This is a new chapter for our site in Mardyck,
and for ArcelorMittal in France as a whole. These electrical steels
are a great technical challenge, which our teams are ready to take
up in order to continue to serve our customers with highly
technical steels, manufactured in France”.
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