The steel industry, as well as most other metal industries, are parts of a circular economy. However, this means that the value of end-products is degraded to raw material level. There is today a renewed interest to find solutions on how to make this loop smaller, e.g. by repair and retrofit of components or second use of end products, and by that retain and use more of the value created in the original product.

This could potentially and significantly reduce the use of natural resources and energy but is also connected to big challenges regarding design, logistics, business models, etc. Photonics based solutions have great opportunities to contribute to this challenge and existing and future demands, specially in the areas of automation, robotics, digitalisation, AI and research.
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