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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.

Printing a stainless steel dragon

As technology advances, 3D-printed metal structures have found their way into the industry. Not only do they have their use in highly technical applications;...

Paul Meijering: focusing on quality and relationships ensures success

When Paul Meijering opened his stainless steel and speciality alloy supply business over thirty years ago, he had a clear strategy of doing what...

Laser cleaning battery connections prior to welding

Laser cleaning removes surface contaminants quickly and cleanly (Figure 2) An electric vehicle’s battery’s performance is only as good as the joints/connections between the cell...

3D-printed metal oxygen hydrogen micromixer

Joost Kroon, Dennis Boon and Rik van der Meer. Image courtesy of Shell. Shell and GE Additive have metal 3D-printed an oxygen hydrogen micromixer at...

Outokumpu: pioneering sustainable stainless steel with Circle Green

Outokumpu’s mill in Tornio, Finland, where Circle Green sustainable stainless steel is produced. Outokumpu is pioneering the production of emission-minimised stainless steel in the global...

Using additive manufacturing to detect counterfeit parts

Dr Daniel Salas demonstrates how the hidden magnetic tag can store a cache of information within an item. Image: Texas A&M Engineering Texas A&M Researchers...

The petrochemical market is expanding rapidly – but at what cost to the environment?

BASF is expanding its MDI plant in Geismar, Louisiana, USA There is a growing demand for chemical and petrochemical products, from agriculture and aerospace to...

Digital supply chain poised to change the energy industry

Anyone taking a stroll at the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens in Florida is in for a treat: they are greeted by giant colourful stainless steel flowers. We spoke with the artist behind the installation: Dan Shaughnessy IV.

BAM and EnBW test corrosion protection on the high seas

Anyone taking a stroll at the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens in Florida is in for a treat: they are greeted by giant colourful stainless steel flowers. We spoke with the artist behind the installation: Dan Shaughnessy IV.

Sverdrup Steel Duplex footbridges highlight versatility of lean duplex

Anyone taking a stroll at the Downtown Palm Beach Gardens in Florida is in for a treat: they are greeted by giant colourful stainless steel flowers. We spoke with the artist behind the installation: Dan Shaughnessy IV.