International Electrical Steel Sheet Summit 2026

The IESSS 2026 programme

DAY 1
April 22, 2026
09:00 Registration
10:00 Welcome speech - Norbert Brachthäuser
Opening Session
Mod.: Norbert Brachthäuser
10:10 E-Mobility – Europe on the sidelines?
RWTH Aachen University, PEM – Germany, Prof. Achim Kampker
10:35 Challenges Today Using E-Steel for Electric Traction Drives from a TIER 1 Perspective
ZF AG – Germany, Dr. David Schuller
11:00 Electrical Steel (GO & NGO) Market Overview
SMR - Steel & Metals Market Research – Austria, Dr. Umut Turunc
11:25 GO electrical steel sheet at the Heart of the Energy Future: Innovations for Grid Expansion, Transformers, and Electromobility
thyssenkrupp Electrical Steel – Germany, Marcel Hilgers
Session I: Steel Grades
Mod.: Stefan Siebert
11:50 Designing High-Strength Electrical Steels at C.D. Waelzholz
C.D. Waelzholz GmbH & Co.KG – Germany, Dr. Christoph Dahlmann
12:15 Lunch
13:10 Development and verification of a new electrical steel grade for electric vehicles
Tata Steel Surahammar – Sweden, Magnus Lindenmo
13:35 NGO electrical steel and stacking solutions for advanced traction motors – from development to application
thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG – Germany, David Pieronek
14:00 Tailoring Electrical Steels for Next-Gen Electric Motors
AxD AG - a LCD and SWD company – Switzerland, Dr. Hannes Weiss
14:25 Investigation on Super-Thin and High-Yield Strength Electrical Steels Used in High-Speed EV Traction Motors
Shenyang University of Technology – China, Prof. Ruilin Pei
14:50 Update on global Standards for Electrical Steel sheets.
ArcelorMittal – Belgium, Sigrid Jacobs
15:10 Coffee Break
Session II: Production of ES-Sheets
Mod.: Sigrid Jacobs
15:35 Transforming Electrical Steel Manufacturing: Innovative Upstream and Downstream Technologies for High-Performance Electrical Steels
Primetals Technologies Japan – Japan, Dr. Konrad Krimpelstätter
16:00 Ferrosilicon in Electrical Steel: Quality, Sampling, and Analysis
Elkem – Norway, Thilo Haunhorst
16:25 Influence of Electromagnetic Stirring During the Solidification on the Structure and Magnetic Properties of 2% Si Electrical Steel
Aperam South America – Brazil, Francisco Toledo
16:50 Microstructural Characteristics of NGO Electrical Steels Produced by Twin-Roll Casting
RWTH Aachen University, IBF – Germany, Dorothea Czempas
17:15 On the benefits of using fused silica ceramic rolls in ACL / DCL horizontal furnaces in the thermal treatment of NO / GO electrical steels
VESUVIUS – France, Dr. Arnaud Ollagnier
17:40 Advances in additive screen printing of electrical steel
Fraunhofer IFAM – Germany, Dr. Bruno Weise
18:05 Closing Remarks Day 1 - Norbert Brachthäuser
18:10 Get-Together
DAY 2
April 23, 2026
Session III: Processing Technologies
Mod.: Carina Franken
09:00 Quo vadis stator lamination stack? - Current innovations and future trends for stator lamination stacks in electric traction drives
RWTH Aachen University, PEM – Germany, Yazan Bajah
09:25 Strength in Every Layer: Innovations in Bonding Electrical Steels
Kansai Helios Austria GmbH – Austria, Stefan Helfert
09:50 Advances in Electrical Steel Coatings: From Electrical Insulation to Joining Technologies
Axalta – Germany, Dr. Dirk Bentz
10:15 Kisling adhesives for laminated core bonding
Kisling AG – Switzerland, Stefan Hardelt
10:40 Coffee Break
11:05 Advanced Inline Coating Thickness Measurement at Elevated Strip Temperatures Using Temperature-Compensated LIF Technology
EMG Automation GmbH – Germany, Mark Kreso
11:25 Laser scribing and laser cutting of electrical steel
Fraunhofer IWS Dresden – Germany, Peter Rauscher
Session IV: Modelling, simulation and testing
Mod.: Prof. Ulrich Krupp and Dr. Hannes Weiss
11:50 Analysis of roller knife slitting of electrical steel coils: Influence factors and fracture mechanisms
TU Dortmund University, IUL – Germany, Olaf Schrage
12:15 Influence of Strip Thickness on Hot Coil Cooling Behavior Simulated by an Advanced Coil Cooling Model
Primetals Technologioes Austria GmbH – Austria, Dr. Bo Yang
12:40 Lunch
13:35 Ductile-to-Brittle Transition and Edge-Crack Behavior in High-Silicon Non-Grain-Oriented Electrical Steels
RWTH Aachen University, IEHK – Germany, Dr. Navid Farzam Mehr
14:00 Mechanical and functional fatigue of electrical steels
RPTU Kaiserslautern University – Germany, Dr. Marek Smaga
14:25 Influence of temperature on the mechanical properties of non-oriented electrical steel sheets
BMW Group – Germany, Dr. Albin Gottwalt-Baruth
14:50 Coffee Break
15:15 Analysis of the Alterations of Magnetic Properties from Microstructural Changes in Electrical Steel due to Cyclic Loading
RWTH Aachen University, IEM – Germany, Danilo Gartner Aurich
15:40 Investigating Cu Interactions in Electrical Steel: Experimental and CALPHAD Approaches to Enhance Recyclability and Performance
RWTH Aachen University, IEHK – Germany, Niklas Veltmann
16:05 Comparative Multiphysics Analysis of Non-Grain Oriented Electrical Steel Grades for Switched Reluctance Motors
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp) – Brazil, Dr. Vinicius Batista
16:30 Closing Remarks Day 2 - Norbert Brachthäuser

Important Dates

30 November 2025: 
Deadline for all Abstracts

December 2025: 
Programme Committee Members evaluate submitted papers and authors informed of decisions

January 2026: 
Authors informed of decisions

15 January 2026:
Preliminary Programme

IESSS 2026: 
22-23 April 2026