GET-LAB is a new test centre designed to support the development and validation of materials for next-generation industrial and energy applications. The facility strengthens OCAS’s role in advancing technologies for hydrogen systems, CO₂ transport and storage, and other areas essential to the energy transition.
OCAS has officially opened the Global Energy Transition Laboratory (GET-LAB) in Zelzate, Belgium on 22 September 2025 – a test centre dedicated to advancing the development and use of materials for next-generation technologies for industrial transformation and global energy transition, including hydrogen systems, CO₂ transport, CO₂ storage, and other technologies.
The opening ceremony featured a ribbon-cutting and welcoming remarks from:
Sofie Bracke, Alderman for Economy, Port and Tourism, City of Ghent
Olivier Brun, Head of R&D Flat Products Portfolio & Sustainability, ArcelorMittal
Serge Claessens, CEO, OCAS NV
The opening of GET-LAB reflects the strategic importance of OCAS’s public-private partnership with ArcelorMittal and the Flemish Government. As a joint venture, this collaboration plays a key role in developing the critical testing infrastructure required to advance technologies that contribute to both regional and European climate ambitions.
The facility brings together state-of-the-art equipment in a dedicated building developed to the highest safety standards, enabling testing under specific industry-relevant conditions. The new centre focuses on evaluating material behaviour for transport and storage applications under high gas pressure, following the latest international guidelines. The ability to generate such experimental data will enable OCAS to support the development and qualification of materials and systems for safe and reliable operation in hydrogen and CO₂ applications – contributing to the reliability and performance of the next-generation energy and industrial infrastructure.
GET-LAB provides a neutral, flexible platform that supports broader industrial efforts — including those of OCAS’s key stakeholders — to explore diverse pathways toward CO₂ reduction and hydrogen deployment. It will support internal development and enable future collaboration with industry and research partners. As part of a broader climate strategy that includes hydrogen, carbon capture- utilization-storage (CCUS) and circular metallurgy, GET-LAB will support European climate goals and the global energy transition through solutions grounded in industrial feasibility.
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