PASSENGER concludes
As Europe faces growing pressure to secure its clean technology supply chains, the PASSENGER project marks a major milestone toward industrial independence and sustainability. After four years of work, PASSENGER – funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and...
Standardisation and rare-earth permanent magnets
Using standards and creating new ones is essential for turning innovations into real market success and making industry more sustainable in the long term. Many studies clearly show how important this is. Anyone developing new technologies, materials, or applications...
PASSENGER final conference
Rare Earths and Magnets: Expanding European capacities Joint Conference with EIT RawMaterials 29 – 30 October 2025, Stuttgart Since its launch in 2021, PASSENGER has successfully advanced the development of rare-earth-free permanent magnets. By...
PASSENGER at Raw Materials Week 2024
Engage with PASSENGER at the Raw Materials Week! Organised by the European Commission, this flagship policy event on raw materials gathers every year stakeholders from industry, academia, research organisations and policymakers. The 2024 edition will be held in...
New publication on magnetic properties of Mn–Al-C based magnets
New publication based on PASSENGER’s research, now available open access! Titled “Structural and magnetic properties of rapidly solidified and Bi-bonded hot compacted Mn53.3−xAl45C1.7Tix magnets” and authored by Juan Sebastian Trujillo Hernandez, Fernando Maccari,...
PASSENGER and the EU Critical Raw Materials Act
European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, recalled in her recent 2022 State of the European Union: “without secure and sustainable access to the necessary raw materials, our ambition to become the first climate neutral continent is at risk”. Ursula von der...
PASSENGER Second progress meeting
PASSENGER held its second progress meeting in person on 29-30 June 2022 in Berlin, back-to-back to the EIT Expert Forum and the “Magnets Matter” workshop.At the start of the second year into the project, a considerable part of partners’ activities focus on developing...
Joint Workshop at EIT Expert Forum
PASSENGER is hosting a workshop at the EIT Raw Materials Expert Forum on permanent magnets
PASSENGER at the EIT Summit
The PASSENGER project will be present at the 4th EIT RawMaterials Summit, the industry’s flagship conference, organised by EIT RawMaterials, the world’s leading partnership on raw materials. Gathering leaders of industry, government, NGOs, R&D, and education...
“Modern Permanent Magnets”: new book
“Modern Permanent Magnets” provides an update on the status and recent technical developments that have occurred in the various families of permanent magnets produced today. This book, edited by John J. Croat and John Ormerod and released in February 2022,...