K1-MET at the TransZeroWaste workshop and project meeting
At the beginning of December (3rd and 4th), Lukas Schmidt and Melanie Leitner represented K1-MET at the TransZeroWaste consortium project meeting in Brussels (Belgium) and the first TransZeroWaste workshop.
Three Days of Scientific Exchange at the University of Oulu
Michael Zarl from K1-MET participated in a three-day technical exchange with the Process Metallurgy Team at the University of Oulu.
K1-MET at the event „WERTStoff Kunststoff – Wie nachhaltig ist energetische Verwertung?“
- Andorf Technology School, Upper Austria
- 12 November 2025
3rd Newsletter 2025 of the PHOS4PLANT project
The Interreg ATCZ project PHOS4PLANT investigates how phosphorus from sewage sludge ash can be used to produce a fertilizer.
K1-MET at the 2nd Progress Meeting of the DiGreeS project
K1-MET participated in the 2nd progress meeting of the DiGreeS project at Sztaki in Budapest, engaging with project partners to discuss ongoing topics, challenges and current achievements of the project.
Visit of the Upper Austrian Future Academy at K1-MET: The Role of Hydrogen in the Future
K1-MET welcomed representatives of the Upper Austrian Future Academy to discuss the technological challenges, opportunities and industrial relevance of hydrogen in future metallurgical processes.
K1-MET at the Career Fair at the Hagenberg campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 2025
- Hagenberg, Upper Austria
- 16 October 2025
Hamideh Hassanpour from K1-MET GmbH won the Best Poster Award at ESTAD 2025
Hamideh Hassanpour from K1-MET GmbH won the Best Poster Award for her poster presentation entitled “Advancing Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction: Process Simulation, Technical and Environmental Assessment” at the 7th European Steel Technology and Application Days (ESTAD) in Verona, Italy, from 6 to…
K1-MET at the Career Fair at the Wels campus of the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria 2025
- University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria Campus Wels
- 9 October 2025
K1-MET is a COMET Centre within the COMET – Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies Programme and funded by the Federal Ministry of Innovation, Mobility and Infrastructure Republic of Austria, the Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism Republic of Austria, the provinces Upper Austria, Styria, and Tyrol as well as the the Steirische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft m.b.H. (SFG) and the Standortagentur Tyrol. Furthermore, we thank Upper Austrian Research GmbH for the continuous support. The COMET Programme is managed by FFG.

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