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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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8290 Actuated globe valve assembly

ASCO, (USA) a manufacturer of solenoid valves, introduces the 8290 Actuated globe valve assembly.

SS conveyor belts

A breakthrough in steel belt processing technology has enabled Sandvik Process Systems, a product area within Sandvik Materials Technology, to launch a range of super thin stainless steel conveyor belts.

Hi-Check non-return valves

Parker Instrumentation (UK) has launched a new series of non-return valves.

Russia: pipe upsetting plants

The TMK Pipe Metallurgical Co., Russia, has placed an order with SMS Meer GmbH, Mönchengladbach/Germany, to supply two pipe upsetting plants.

Stainless steel gear pumps

A new series of gear pumps are capable of handling differential pressures up to 24bar and flows to 75litre/min.

Bangladesh: coal-based power plant

Tata Group (India) has confirmed that it wants to set up a coal-based power plant at Fulbari or Barapukuria.

New range of probe heads

Renishaw (UK), a supplier of scanning and touch trigger probes for co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs), has extended its comprehensive styli catalogue with the introduction of a new range of more than 300 high precision M5 styli and adaptors for the Zeiss range of probe heads.

Wastewater tanks

With the help of Leading Edge (Canada) BC’s patenting and business development expertise, Surrey-based VK Tanks & Silos Inc. is entering into its first international contract to build four industrial wastewater tanks in New Jersey, USA.

New pure-screen filter range

Axium Process’s (UK) Pure-Screen wedge wire stainless steel filter range now includes duplex, multiplex and jacketed filter options.

Thermo Electron acquires Niton LLC

Thermo Electron Corp. (USA) has purchased Niton LLC (USA), a provider of portable X-ray systems for metals, petrochemical and environmental markets.