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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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USA: drinking water treatment plant

Zenon Environmental has received a purchase order for its first drinking water treatment plant in New York State:

TN 32PT® Transportable canister

Ranor Inc. introduces a new project to transport spent fuel canisters.

Saudi Arabia: ethylene plant

The technology group Linde is teaming up with Samsung Engineering Co. (S Korea) to establish an ethylene plant in Al-Jubail (Saudi Arabia).

Rolling mill equipment

Sesto San Giovanni, Italy, has won an order to supply ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali with automation and electrical systems for its new Sendzimir rolling mill No. 7 in Terni, Italy.

Process pipe-work

Process pipe-work manufactured by Norward has been produced using high grade materials suitable for applications in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology markets.

Liquid level indicator

K-TEK has announced its new KM26 Magnetic Bargraph, a liquid level indicator designed for corrosive and flammable environments, with a hermetically sealed indicator to eliminate moisture problems.

Kuwait: oil storage tanks

Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) has awarded Turkey’s Tekfen Construction and Installation Co. a USD 222 million contract to build eight crude oil storage tanks.

Chile: delayed coker complex

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its Madrid-based subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia, SA has been awarded a contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a new delayed coker complex at Empresa Nacional de Petroleo’s (ENAP) Aconcagua refinery at Concon, Chile.

Corrosion resistance chains

Based on its experience of supplying attachment chains to the food and packaging industry, power transmission specialist Cross+Morse, has extended its range to include stainless steel and corrosion protection chains; and introduced a manufacturing technique for associated attachments.

Nigeria: Agbami development

Star Deep Water Petroleum Ltd (an affiliate of Chevron Corp.) has awarded Technip an engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contract of about USD 800 million, for the Agbami field development, located offshore Nigeria in about 1,550m water depth.