Objective In Europe, the stainless steel market in the food industry equipment is important as it represents 80.000 tonnes per year. The goal is to promote widespread use of stainless steel and develop new hygienic surfaces by a durable control of the passive film structure. Stainless steel surface properties will be determined in terms of surface composition and topography. Kinetics of removal adhering bacteria and fouling will be carried out. The innocuousness of stainless steel in contact with food and cleaning products will be studied. Corrosion resistance will be connected with the passive film structure (CSM). Programme(s) ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002 Topic(s) F3 - Special and alloy steels Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator USINOR - CENTRE DE RECHERCHES D'ISBERGUES EU contribution No data Address 62330 ISBERGUES France See on map Total cost No data Participants (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ACERINOX Spain EU contribution No data Address Santiago de Compostela n° 100, 4°D 28035 MADRID See on map Total cost No data CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA Italy EU contribution No data Address Via di Castel Romano 100/102 00128 ROMA EUR See on map Total cost No data