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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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Centravis gets NORSOK approval

Centravis has successfully accomplished the NORSOK M-650 certification process and obtained approval on behalf of TUV NORD.

NORSOK certification will strengthen the company’s presence in supply of seamless stainless steel tubes and pipes for petroleum industry to Scandinavian countries and Great Britain.

Outokumpu’s new ferritic and austenitic grades

Outokumpu continues to bring new innovations to market and is now expanding its product range with two new high-chromium stainless steel grades, ferritic grade EN 1.4622 and austenitic grade EN 1.4420.

30 years for DK Jones Ltd

DK Jones Ltd celebrated three decades as an international supplier of piping and associated products. The company initially began in 1983 as a UK sales agent of several European manufacturers of fittings and flanges.

Sandvik strengthens its focus on oil & gas business

newsitemSandvik Materials Technology has established a new Business Unit Oil & Gas aimed at increasing business growth in the energy sector.

Hongye’s glycol project to use SES technology

Synthesis Energy Systems’ subsidiary, SES New Energy Technologies (Shanghai), has entered into a MOU with Hongye International Investment Group for the supply of SES' gasification technology, equipment and services to Hongye's 600,000t per year glycol plant to be built in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.

GE to upgrade POSCO-Thainox facilities

Last year, POSCO-Thainox announced an ambitious business plan to increase annual capacity for cold-rolled stainless steel over the next four years from 200,000 tons to 300,000 tons. POSCO has contracted GE’s Energy Management Services business to upgrade their facilities with minimal interruption to their current production lines.

JFE Steel seamless pipes for ultra-deep gas field

newsitemJFE Steel Corporation, together with Marubeni-Itochu Steel, has supplied natural resource developer Freeport-McMoRan Oil & Gas with 1,900 tons of JFE-UHP-15CR-125 heavy-walled casing produced at JFE Steel’s Chita works.

Kobe Steel, Angang Steel form joint venture

newsitemKobe Steel and China’s Angang Steel Company, a subsidiary of Anshan Iron & Steel Group Complex, signed a joint venture agreement today in Anshan, Liaoning Province, to establish a joint venture in China to produce and sell advanced cold-rolled high-strength steel sheet for automobiles.

Fine Tubes reveals innovations

Fine Tubes, a manufacturer and global distributor of precision tubes for critical applications, will exhibit some of its latest technological innovations at AIRTEC 2013. This international event of the Aerospace Industry will be held in Frankfurt, Germany from 5 to 7 November.

World Steel Association recognition for Gerdau

newsitemGerdau received the Safety and Health Excellence Recognition 2013 award that evaluates occupational health and safety programmes implemented in the steel industry at the 47th annual conference of the World Steel Association.