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.

Powerful mill produces first plate

The rolling force of 109 MN in relation to the roll barrel length of 4.3 meters provides the mill a very innovative design and high environmental compatibility.

Tubes and pipes benefitting from high-growth industries

The current economic uncertainty has left the tube, pipes and fittings sector relatively unscathed.

Printing a stainless steel dragon

Not only do they have their use in highly technical applications; sometimes these structures can take the shape of beautiful art.

Paul Meijering: focusing on quality and relationships ensures success

When Paul Meijering opened his stainless steel and speciality alloy supply business, he had a clear strategy of doing what “felt right”.

Laser cleaning battery connections prior to welding

many battery manufacturers are turning to laser cleaning (also called laser ablation) to clean part surfaces prior to welding.

3D-printed metal oxygen hydrogen micromixer

Shell and GE Additive have metal 3D-printed an oxygen hydrogen micromixer at the Energy Transition Campus Amsterdam.

Outokumpu: pioneering sustainable stainless steel with Circle Green

Outokumpu is pioneering the production of emission-minimised stainless steel in the global market.

Using additive manufacturing to detect counterfeit parts

Texas A&M Researchers are applying AM techniques to embed a hidden cache of information within products to help combat counterfeited goods.

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

There's a growing demand for (petro)chemical products. But progress on reducing an environmental footprint is a major challenge.

Digital supply chain poised to change the energy industry

How 3D printing technology can transform the way Shell manages its material inventory and transform the energy sector’s supply chain.