Funding Organization: EU-Research Fund for Steel and Coal (RFCS). Partners: Steel Companies (Thyssen Krupp Stahl, OCAS, Korinth Pipeworks), Universities (RWTH-Aachen, University of Ghent). The project aims at developing microstructural configurations that provide the required properties for damage tolerance in dual phase and HSLA steels. Design of suitable processing parameters to achieve thw tailored microstructures.