Featured Story

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Stainless Steel World home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the architecture, power generation, medical and food and beverage industries.

Turbulent times for the aerospace industry

James Chater talks about the use of nickel, titanium and stainless steels in the aerospace industry and the impact of current events

Vasa receives new super duplex skeleton

Alleima helps preserving the slowly deteriorating 17th-Century ship Vasa by creating an internal skeleton of super duplex

Maruichi Stainless Tube Co. – evolving for a decarbonised world

An interview with Mr Takashi Onishi, President of Maruichi Stainless Tubes Co. on the company's strategic roadmap

Carbon footprint comparison – duplex stainless steels vs competing materials

Claes Tigerstrand, Outokumpu, discusses the carbon footprint of duplex stainless steel versus other materials

Duplex: massive improvement

James Chater shows how new and improved types of Duplex stainless steels lead to higher quality, lower maintenance and longer product life

UK’s first carbon capture storage projects

The Northern Endurance Partnership and Net Zero Teesside Power are the two first CCS projetcs to be realised in the UK

A legacy in the making: Scoda Tubes’ commitment to precision and progress

Founded in 2008, Scoda Tubes has demonstrated consistent and impressive growth, as director Samarth Patel explained to Joanne McIntyre.

Stainless 316L popular for orthopaedic surgical implants

Srikumar Chakraborty talks about several alloys used in orthopaedic surgical implants and explains why 316L is so popular

Preem investing billions to convert refinery from fossil fuels to renewables

Preem's so-called IcoCracker plant (ICR) in Lysekil, Sweden, is rebuilt for the production of renewable aviation fuel and biodiesel

In turbulent times, tubes and pipes roll with the punches

In an uncertain world economy, stainless tube and pipe manufacturers can still flourish in the energy and process industries