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🚀 Back from the European Biofuels & SAF Summit 2026 in Madrid Over two days of discussions with fuel producers, technology providers and project developers, one message stood out: scaling Biomethane, HVO, and SAF production is now the industry's top priority. Three key takeaways from the event: 🔸 Industrial scale-up is accelerating. Meeting decarbonisation targets will require significant investments in new production and refining assets. 🔸 Project bankability increasingly depends on operational reliability. Asset durability, corrosion management and long-term performance are becoming critical decision factors. 🔸 Materials play a strategic role. As facilities operate in increasingly demanding environments, material integrity is essential to ensuring efficiency and competitiveness over the long term. These discussions reinforced the importance of selecting stainless steel grades adapted to the specific challenges of biofuel production. Austenitic, Duplex and Super Duplex stainless steels provide effective solutions for demanding corrosion environments, while grades such as 316A demonstrate that performance and cost competitiveness can go hand in hand. In parallel, reducing the footprint of industrial assets is becoming an increasing priority. Aperam infinite™ enables customers to reduce the carbon footprint of their projects while maintaining the performance required for critical applications. 📩 Developing a Biomethane, HVO, or SAF project? Let's discuss how we can secure your material strategy for the long term. Contact Adolfo Kalergis, PhD or Cyprien Ternel to explore the right stainless steel solution for your application. #SAF #Biofuels #SustainableAviationFuel #HVO #Biomethane #EnergyTransition #StainlessSteel #MaterialsEngineering #Aperam