Home Company Activities & Expertise Services & Solutions Industrial sectors Jobs & Trainees Contact Company Ocas > Company Company Compliance History Equipment & Infrastructure Organisation & Management Stay in touch Apply for our newsletter and get updates right in your mailbox Company OCAS (OnderzoeksCentrum voor de Aanwending van Staal) is an advanced, market-oriented research centre providing steel and metal-based products, services and solutions, to metal processing companies worldwide. OCAS anticipates its customer’s needs by developing alloys and coatings, by producing and testing samples and co-develop steel applications. OCAS is equipped with state-of-the-art R&D tools and facilities in its laboratories in Zelzate and Zwijnaarde (Belgium). The research centre valorizes know-how by product and solution development. OCAS has a highly qualified team of over 150 researchers and engineers with an international orientation. Focusing on society’s needs OCAS’s strategy and focus on society’s needs is reflected in its major activities: energy, durability and environment. In turn, these activities are underpinned and propelled forward by our technical support efforts and our entrepreneurial R&D discoveries, which help our customers reach their goals. Our competencies, combined with our state-of-the-art equipment and collaboration with our partners, provided us with unique opportunities. Multi-disciplinary competences for a world in transition OCAS speeds up the R&D processes of its customers through a specialized multi-disciplinary approach combined with innovative testing methodologies. Our flexible staff is skilled in modelling, experimental testing and advanced characterisation using OCAS’s unique equipment. The alloy and metallic coating development for our customers is supported by advanced combinatorial, digital and nano-characterisation tools. E.g. our combinatorial approach is beneficial for our customers as it enables a more efficient decision making, quick elimination of uninteresting ranges and it enhances predictive power when using artificial intelligence-based methodologies. OCAS’s proven tailor-made laboratory integrated management system includes ISO9001 certification and ISO17025 accreditation. Finocas Group Finocas is a joint-venture between the Flemish Region and ArcelorMittal Belgium. OCAS and Endures are the research centres of Finocas, while Finindus is its investment company. Finocas and its daughter companies are referred to as the Finocas Group. COMPLIANCE HISTORY ORGANISATION & MANAGEMENT Cases View all MTS calls upon OCAS to expand their service offer with accelerated fatigue testing equipment Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Big Data in Metal Plasticity - 2021 Webinar Accurate precipitate analysis made easy Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in metallurgical research FatCor: better understanding the FATigue CORrosion mechanisms Events View all 11-10-2022 SteelyHydrogen 2022 23-11-2021 WindEurope Electric City 16-11-2021 Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT) 16-11-2021 Advanced characterization of steels at the nano and microscale - Webinar 15-11-2021 Electrochemical Doctoral School Jobs View all Operator Large Scale Testing Research engineer metallurgist / Materials science engineer R&D automatisatie ingenieur (m/v) Engineer Industrial Assets Reliability Equipment View all Go to our equipment page. Downloads View all Go to our download page to view all publications, brochures, etc. Contact contactus@ocas.technology +32 (9) 345 12 11 Disclaimer | Privacy and Cookie Policy | © 2021 - OCAS NV Development by Roger That We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.OkPrivacy and Cookie Policy