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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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Analyser wins award

Thermo Electron Corporation’s family of NITON X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analysers has won an award.

Pumps for Dutch oil platform

KSB Aktiengesellschaft Frankenthal (Germany) is supplying 23 pumps for a drilling platform in the De Ruyter oilfield.

Saudi refinery

Saudi Aramco and Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Co. officially signed an agreement to set up an equally-owned joint venture for an integrated refinery and petrochemicals project in Rabigh, Saudi Arabia, but they now see total investment costs doubling to USD 8.5 billion, Sumitomo has said.

KTM motorcycles

KTM sports motorcycles use sheeting and piping made from special, high-alloy or standard steels and are welded by 160 qualified welders of both sexes.

New pH electrode

Burkert Fluid Control Systems introduces its new pH electrodes.

Inductive sensors

The new Contrinex (UK) Series 700 range of inductive sensors is now available in food-safe stainless steel (V4A/AISI 316L/DIN 1.4435) and fitted with TPE-S cables sealed to IP69K or S12 connectors that provide protection to IP68 and IP69K.

UK: underground gas storage facilities

E.ON (UK) is to build one of the UK’s largest underground gas storage facilities after it acquired a company from ScottishPower that had gained full planning permission to develop the site.

New series C85, ISO 6432 cylinder

SMC Corp. of America now offers several cylinders that conform to ISO mounting dimensions.

Baker oil tools plants

Two Baker oil tools plants in Scotland - one at Bridge of Don near Aberdeen and the other at East Kilbride - manufacture down-hole completions and other equipment for export to oil fields around the world.

SS shaft collars

In harsh and wet environments, Ruland Manufacturing Co. is now offering stainless steel shaft collars to prevent corrosion.