GSW"

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.

Oil & gas: how to cope with higher demand?

The offshore oil & gas sector is faced with several hard choices: chief among these is how to meet higher demand without exceeding emission reduction targets and how to manage the transition to renewables.

MRC Global, a stainless steel market update

MRC Global has been in business for over a century, and for good reason. Having recently celebrated its 100th anniversary, MRC Global is one of the most successful pipe, valve, and fitting (PVF) distributors in its sector.

Shenzhen’s secondary water supply systems

One in three people worldwide live without access to clean drinking water. Even major cities with established utilities are projected to fall short of demand for potablewater.

Renewables: if not now, when?

In these times of pandemic, scarcity and war, energy and electricity prices have soared. Sanctions against Russia will oblige Europe to source its energy elsewhere, and this will take time.

Metal additive repair of nickel alloy engine components

GE Aviation’s Singapore facility is the first maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility worldwide that has been approved to use metal additive manufacturing for commercial jet engine component repairs.

Metallic 3D printing – big, fast, and cost-efficient

Additive manufacturing is not only suitable for small and filigree structures. Gefertec manufactured a 170kg stainless steel part for the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinery at the University of Stuttgart.

“Carbon neutral by 2050” How Aperam leads the way to sustainability.

It is simply a matter of looking ahead for our industry, as well as for our children and our planet.

A comparison of INCONEL alloys 625 & 725

When you’re looking for a superior material for your next project, a high-performance nickel alloy might be just what you need.

Titanium/stainless composite a longlasting roofing solution

A composite panel of titanium, resin and stainless steel called ALPOLIC/fr TCM has been selected for the roof of the Yangtze River International Conference Center.

Orbital welding in High and Ultra High Purity environments

Achieving ASTM G48 Corrosion test at 40°C on super duplexAfter more than a year of operating under its new corporate strategy developed in 2021, theLindlar (Germany) based high-quality special steel specialist Schmidt + Clemens is firmlyfocusing on sustainability.