Future in Steel
Europe faces a monumental challenge: to be — and remain — an economic global powerhouse amid geopolitical shifts, with innovation and development capacity as vital engines. In the video podcast series Future in Steel, you’ll hear leading Dutch companies and key stakeholders share their vision in this field. Each episode features a concrete (future) application of an innovative example: the “Composite Revolution” — a TU Delft spin-off and winner of the 2025 Chamber of Commerce Innovation Award. Hear how groundbreaking science, true entrepreneurship, and an enabling government can make the difference together — and, above all, how Dutch companies can help secure a great future for Europe.
Future in Steel: challenge, vision, and real-world practice — in image and sound.
Future in Steel
Marc Vanderschueren, Head of Business Development at OCAS NV about steel, composites and large-scale testing
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Europe’s ambition to remain a global industrial powerhouse increasingly depends on its ability to rethink materials, structures, and design philosophies. In offshore wind especially, fatigue has long been the invisible limiter — driving heavier structures, higher costs, and conservative engineering choices. In this episode of Future in Steel, we explore how that paradigm is changing. Hear out guest Marc Vanderschueren, Head of Business Development at OCAS NV, one of Europe’s leading steel and materials research institutes, talk to Maxim Segeren, CEO of Tree Composites and the regular host of Future in Steel and Marko Pavlovic, Associate professor at TU Delft, co-founder of Tree Composites. Together, they examen the intersection of steel, composites, and large-scale testing. From full-scale fatigue testing to breakthrough composite joints that outperform welded connections by orders of magnitude. This conversation goes deep into why OCAS exists, how testing capabilities have evolved over the past two decades, and why composite joints may represent a fundamental leap forward for offshore wind, floating structures, and beyond.