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.

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.

BAM and EnBW test corrosion protection on the high seas

With the accelerated expansion of wind energy, the offshore sector is of particular importance. BAM tests materials for corrosion resistancy.

Sverdrup Steel Duplex footbridges highlight versatility of lean duplex

Sverdrup and Fabtech have used lean duplex to create a footbridge, to save on lifecycle cost, maintenance, and overall weight

The welding characteristics of stainless steels

Stainless steels are highly weldable, both to stainless alloys and other metals. This article discusses the weldability of the different categories.

Worlds collide: beautiful flowers of stainless steel

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.

LNG under pressure from high prices and demand

Several factors are driving up the price of natural gas and stimulating demand for LNG. The demand for LNG continues to grow.

On-demand 3D-printing platform produces customised train parts

Alstom has collaborated with Replique to manufacture a visible stainless steel train doorstopper. It is the first time Alstom has used AM for serial production.

An overview of world nickel resources

As the fifth most commonly found element on earth, nickel ores are mined in about 33 countries and are smelted or refined in about 30 countries.

Optimizing fluid system material selection for offshore safety

Offshore oil and gas platform and floating vessel owners must optimize costs. But moreimportantly, they must maintain safe and compliant operating conditions for employees overthe life span of their operations.