{"id":20085,"date":"2025-03-23T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T23:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/posco-green-rail-tech\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T04:44:55","slug":"posco-green-rail-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/posco-green-rail-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"POSCO Venture Company Develops Eco-Friendly Railway Sleepers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Achieves Both Environmental Protection and Cost Reduction with \u201cSlastic\u201d Technology Combining Steelmaking Byproducts and Waste Plastics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EOMTech, a POSCO in-house venture company, has successfully developed an innovative railway sleeper using steelmaking byproduct slag and waste plastics. This development is drawing attention as a case that simultaneously addresses industrial waste recycling and railway infrastructure improvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EOMTech was founded in 2019 through POSCO\u2019s first in-house venture program. Under the leadership of CEO Young-jun Park, the company developed a composite material called \u201cSlastic.\u201d Railway sleepers are critical structural components that support rails, and EOMTech achieved cost reductions by replacing part of the expensive glass fiber materials used in conventional sleepers with Slastic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The development process was not without challenges. According to EOMTech officials, initial tests failed under the extreme high-temperature and heavy-load conditions of steel plant environments. However, through continuous technical collaboration with POSCO, the company redesigned the sleepers and continued R&amp;D efforts, ultimately succeeding in developing the Slastic composite material. The technology is now actively applied at railway sites within POSCO\u2019s Pohang Steelworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrough the development of Slastic sleepers using steelmaking byproduct slag and waste plastics, EOMTech is helping to build a sustainable future,\u201d said CEO Young-jun Park. He added, \u201cBased on this technological capability, we plan to expand into a wider range of product developments going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most notable feature of this innovation is its environmental value. Slastic sleepers are 100% recyclable, contributing to a virtuous cycle of resource circulation. Developed through POSCO\u2019s Performance-Sharing System, the project is being recognized for achieving both environmental improvement and cost reduction at the same time&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getnews.co.kr\/news\/curationView.html?idxno=812777\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u25b6 View All<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achieves Both Environmental Protection and Cost Reduction with \u201cSlastic\u201d Technology Combining Steelmaking Byproducts and Waste Plastics EOMTech, a POSCO in-house venture company, has successfully developed an innovative railway sleeper using steelmaking byproduct slag and waste plastics. This development is drawing attention as a case that simultaneously addresses industrial waste recycling and railway infrastructure improvement. EOMTech [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iomtek.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}