Centro Sviluppo Materiali - Industrial Research and Development for the Iron, Steel and Energy Industries

Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM) is a prominent private enterprise within the greatest worldwide research and development (R&D) centers for materials and related production technologies. CSM also has a recognized role as a national and international reference point for collaborative research with universities, research agenices and the industry.

CSM’s activities cover the entire cycle of innovation from basic applied research (physical, chemical and mechanical properties, new alloys and innovative coatings) to design, engineering, processing (on pilot, demonstration and industrial scales), functional prototype production, process/system automation and control, components and structures safety assessment, environmental issues and materials recycling.

Research and development for the iron, steel and energy industries

Its core business is linked to the development and application of steels, light alloys (titanium, aluminum), Ni and Co-base super alloys as well as ceramics and cermets, special surface-engineered products, metal matrix and polymeric composites, intermetallics, hybrid products and organic coatings.

CSM has 300 highly skilled and trained employees to keep the company competitive and to support customer needs. It works within different and complementary industrial markets including iron and steel, oil and gas, power generation (including nuclear and renewable sources), environmental-related technologies, aerospace and defense, and mechanics and transportation.

CSM is proud to have a wide-spread presence in the most advanced industrial districts in Italy, which accelerates the transfer of R&D results and favors an effective relationship with the industrial system. It is also opening branches overseas to encourage strong international projects.

Innovative industry research and solutions

CSM is a market-oriented industrial research organization, which aims to convert research and technological achievements into innovative solutions for the industry. It plans to deal with metallic and ceramic materials and related transformation technologies, realize an integrated system of human skills, labs and full-scale equipments, bridge the gap between basic and industrial applied research and accomplish a perfect balance for effective research and development action.

CSM’s main reference technologies are:

• Central Labs system as horizontal support in R&D
• Joining technologies
• Physical metallurgy (steel, special and light alloys)
• High-temperature materials and components
• Combustion and CFD
• Structural integrity at low and high temperature
• Foundry advanced technologies
• Surface engineering and coating technologies
• Stress corrosion, steam oxidation / hot corrosion
• High-temperature materials and components
• Rolling, forming and shaping technologies
• Environmental-related technologies
• Automation and process control