News

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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Sandvik tubing in Europe

Sandvik Calamo, part of Sandvik Materials Technology, is offering stock availability of its high-purity tubing for semi-conductor manufacturing and clean gas applications from the new Sandvik distribution centre based at Venlo in the Netherlands.

Stainless steel affects Nickel demand

The high and volatile prices of the alloy metals that go into stainless steel are causing massive problems for both producers and consumers.

Pre-fabricated pumping station

Rapid removal of wastewater from areas of buildings situated below sewer level is possible with a new pumping and lifting station from ABS Pumps.

Brazil: formaldehyde, resins plants

Borden Chemical Inc, Columbus, Ohio, USA, has announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, Borden Quimica Industria e Comercio SA, intends to build a formaldehyde and resins manufacturing complex to serve the rapidly growing engineered wood products market in southern Brazil and northern Uruguay.

BSSA approves new modules

The British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) has added two modules to its RIBA-approved seminar programme.

Nickel training

The Nickel Institute has developed a slide presentation (with audio) that highlights good practices when fabricating austenitic stainless steels.

Vibratory screen

The Glasson Group, has recently installed its third Mogensen vibratory screen.

U bolts and industrial fasteners

Bendfast UK Ltd specialise in the manufacture of industrial fasteners and fixings associated with the installation and support of pipe-work or tubular constructions in diameters from 1/2� up to 24� in size.

A-LOK tube fittings

BP, Barnstaple, UK, is standardising on Parker Instrumentation’s A-LOK tube fittings for the construction of the Greater Plutonio FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading) vessel that will be used in the Block 18 Angola oil field.

Water utilities contract

Balfour Beatty, the international engineering, construction and services group, has announced that its subsidiary, Balfour Beatty Utilities, has been appointed by Severn Trent Water to play a key role in delivering its AMP 4 capital expenditure programme in a contract.