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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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North Sea: expansion project

Contracts worth a total of NOK 590 million have recently been awarded by Statoil for its Skinfaks development and Rimfaks expansion project in the North Sea.

Submersible level sensor

Sensortechnics’ new KTE6000CS series offers level measurement for ranges from 2.5m water column (250 mbar) full scale.

SS air motors

Aerosol filling equipment company Aerofill, has specified Parker Hannifin P1V-S series stainless steel air motors during the design and development of a new aerosol filling adjustment system.

Italy: refinery agreement

Foster Wheeler Italiana SpA has agreed rto provide engineering services for Italiana Energia Servizi SpA.

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.