R&D activities focused on further developing existing products, simplifying maintenance of equipment, increasing the service intervals of products, and also standardization of products.

A new generation of pelleting line control systems was developed together with an updated version of SM 32 Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software.

In the area of pellet mill consumables, improvements were made in the alloys used and heat treatment of parts due to the investment in new heat treatment furnace technologies.