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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).

Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.

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GE provides steam technology for Kamisu Biomass plant

GE announced recently that it will provide its renewable steam technology for the high efficiency Kamisu Biomass Power Generation plant in Japan.

Niles opens a new facility to produce stainless steel

Niles Steel Tank, a subsidiary of Bradford White Corporation, has announced a new 85,000-square-foot facility that expands the company's capacity to produce custom stainless steel vessels.

ESAB completes the brand transition to Exaton™

ESAB Welding & Cutting Products recently announced that it has finalized the transition to the Exaton™ brand name for all welding filler metals involved with its 2018 acquisition of Sandvik Welding Consumables.

Nitric acid-free pickling helps keg maker improve quality

Based in Spain, Envases Técnicos Zaragoza S.L. (Entinox), is a leading manufacturer of stainless steel beer barrels/kegs. Henkel has helped it to set up an innovative pickling and passivating line using a nitric acid-free process. Benefits include superior HSE performance and bath life over traditional mixed acid pickling systems as well as outstanding corrosion resistance.

Gaz Sintez selects SynCOR™ for a plant in Russia

Gaz Sintez is developing the methanol plant project at the port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad Region of Russia. As announced earlier, Hyundai Engineering has started the development of the FEED-package, and NIIK has been awarded the Russian general designer contract.

SNC secures USD 34M contract from Bruce Power

SNC-Lavalin announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Candu Energy Inc., has been awarded three contracts with a combined value of USD 34M from Bruce Power for projects in support of the Major Component Replacement (MCR) program.

Euro supply high-purity manganese at Chvaletice Plant

Euro Manganese Inc, announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with JFE Steel Corporation (JFE) of Tokyo, Japan, to supply high-purity manganese products from its proposed demonstration plant at the Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic for testing and evaluation.

Air Liquide renews its collaboration with Solidia®

After a successful pilot phase, Air Liquide renews its partnership with Solidia Technologies, a developer of solutions to reduce the environmental footprint of precast concrete manufacturing.

Cimtas Pipe provides IPS for the SOCAR STAR Refinery

After the Cimtas Pipe’s successful deliveries in 2018, which consist of butt weld fittings, flanges, branch connections, pipes and tubes used for the STAR Refinery, located in İzmir, Turkey, Cimtas Pipe and SOCAR Turkey will now continue their cooperation with the STAR Refinery’s COR-72 and IFOP Projects.

ISSF elects new office bearers during ISSF-23

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has elected new office bearers during the 23rd Annual Conference and Bernardo Velázquez, CEO of the Acerinox Group has been elected Chairman of the International Stainless Steel Forum.