Challenges for R&D in Material Science : Example of Lorraine Region, France
Abstract
The paper deals with the recent problems that French science and industry encountered during their long-life development. This is mainly concerned with metallurgy and materials science in the Mosel river’s valley. French government in conjunction with local and international industrial giants in the field of metallurgy and materials science has already created numerous perspective research centers and laboratories aimed at effective collaboration between science and industry. The collaboration is organized in 4 R&D axes relative to industrial routes: Elaboration and Heat Treatments, Surface Treatment and Functionalizing, Shaping and Machining, Joining.