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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.

Featured Story- BUTTING – More than pipes

BUTTING is a renowned pipe specialist with a worldwide reputation. More than 44,000 tons of its longitudinally welded stainless steel pipes and clad pipes are used in many industrial sectors each year. Read our Featured Story.

Featured Story – Reaching for the skies…aerospace propels HARALD PIHL to greater heights

The past year has seen records shattered left and right at Swedish distributor HARALD PIHL. The recent years have been a long period of rapid growth, from turnover and new global locations to investments in value-added services. The start of 2020 has been a roller coaster ride including continued growth but also facing the virus crisis spread across the world and the drastic change of the business climate.

Featured Story – IMOA publishes updated Life Cycle Inventory Dataset

The International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) has published an updated Life Cycle Inventory dataset for Molybdenum Products for Metallurgical Applications.

Featured Story – Titanium in space: researchers develop manned vessel prototype

An additive manufacturing process pioneered by engineers at Cranfield University in the UK has led to the production of the first full-scale prototype of a titanium pressure vessel for use in manned spaceflight.

Featured Story – Chromeni Steels facility roars into stainless steel industry

Mr. Pratik Shah, Director of Chromeni Steels, has a prediction for 2020: “it’s going to be a good year for the company, for India, and for the global stainless steel trade.” Mr. Shah has cause for optimism. Early in 2019, construction had finished on Chromeni’s new production facility in record-breaking time, and their operation rang in the new year at full capacity.

Featured Story – Exclusive interior design with stainless mesh

The Mandarin Oriental Hotel is located in the centre of Msheireb in Downtown Doha, close to the Museum of Islamic Art and the new National Museum of Qatar. In the spa area of the hotel, room-high privacy screens made of painted stainless steel have been installed.

Featured Story – Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTR)

Continuously Stirred Tank Reactors (CSTR) are of particular interest for industrial biogas plants. A German fabricator has ventured into producing duplex stainless steel CSTR tanks; at 20 meters high these demand a steady hand and attention to detail for successful assembly.

Featured Story – H2FUTURE: World’s largest ‘green’ hydrogen pilot facility operational

The world’s largest pilot plant for the CO2-neutral production of hydrogen successfully commenced operation last November at the voestalpine site in Linz (Austria), simultaneously setting an international milestone in the advancement of new energy supply options.

Featured Story – Hempel Special Metals: Alloy 24 resurrected to tackle demanding applications

Super austenite Alloy 24 is a material that lives up to its name, distinguishing itself from standard stainless steels, 6%Mo steels and all duplex grades thanks to its corrosion resistance, strength and attractive pricing. Developed in the 1990s, production of Alloy 24 ceased following a merger of the manufacturer.

Featured Story – Blockchain traceability will change the way you do business…forever

Tom Meulendijks looks a little tired but happy as he settles into a chair in the Stainless Steel World office. He’s just come from a prospective customer, and when we’re finished talking, home is a three-hour drive away. But when he starts talking it’s clear that despite three years of development, research and fundraising, his energy and enthusiasm for his groundbreaking steel traceability program is undiminished.