University of Oxford (UK) and Hitachi Metals Establish
Hitachi Metals-Oxford UTC of Metallurgy
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
We are pleased to announce that the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom and Hitachi Metals, Ltd. ("Hitachi Metals") opened the "Hitachi Metals-Oxford UTC* of Metallurgy" on January 1, 2020, following the conclusion of an agreement regarding the establishment of a joint research organization on amorphous ribbon and superalloys.
(Left: Executive Officer Hasegawa from Hitachi Metals;
Right: Professor Roger Reed from the University of Oxford)
Hitachi Metals established the new corporate research lab, "Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT)," in April 2017, and promotes the creation of new businesses that will take the company into the next generation, aiming to promote medium- to long-term R&D on advanced materials that contributes to sustainable growth and society.
The company also takes part in an industry-government-academia collaboration project, "Creation of global advanced metallic material base - Next Generation TATARA Project," which was selected by the Cabinet Office as a recipient under its "Regional University and Local Industry Revitalization Grant Program" in November 2018. In this project, the company works with Shimane Prefecture, Shimane University and local businesses in R&D on materials for aircraft engines and energy-efficient motors.
In this context, Hitachi Metals signed an agreement with the University of Oxford regarding the establishment of a joint research organization on amorphous ribbon and Ni-based superalloys, and opened "Hitachi Metals-Oxford UTC of Metallurgy."
By integrating the metallurgical technologies held by University of Oxford, a world leader in this research area, and the material development technologies of Hitachi Metals, a manufacturer of high-performance materials, this joint research organization will promote efforts to build a process model of Fe-based amorphous ribbon and to identify dominant structural factors affecting mechanical properties of Ni-based superalloys, with the aim of establishing processing and material technologies that will contribute to the advancement of next-generation energy-efficient motors and aircraft engines.
Through this joint research organization, we will further strengthen open innovation and create products and solutions that anticipate market change.
- *UTC: University Technology Centre