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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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Right-angle gearbox resists corrosion

Tol-O-Matic's new corrosion-resistant (CR) version of the Slide-Rite universal right-angle gearbox is designed to meet the demands of harsh, potentially corrosive industrial environments.

Vandal resistant switches get the blues

The latest addition to Bulgin Components' family of vandal-resistant switches is a blue illuminated version - a colour particularly suited to contemporary panel designs.

UK: Jacobs to build refrigerant plant

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has been selected by INEOS Fluor to provide project management, construction management, engineering, and procurement services for the expansion of KLEA 125 (HFC 125 refrigerant) production at INEOS Fluor's Runcorn facility in England.

Russo-Norwegian Barents Sea LNG

Gazprom, Rosneft and Statoil have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to conduct joint studies on various projects.

Russian cracking complex

Foster Wheeler Energy Limited has been awarded an engineering contract by OAO Salavatnefteorgsintez (SNOS) for a fluidised catalytic cracking (FCC) complex in Russia.

AMEC and Clough win Indonesia contract

AMEC has teamed up with Clough (Australia) to win a multi-million dollar contract from ConocoPhillips to provide operations and maintenance services for the Bayu-Undan development, SE Asia.

Extra-heavy SS cable ties

Panduit has announced the launch of what it claims are its strongest ever, labour-saving stainless steel ball-locking cable ties.

UK North Sea: Wood reappointed

Wood Group Engineering (North Sea) Ltd, part of John Wood Group PLC, has been reappointed as one of BP’s two main engineering, modifications and maintenance (EMM) providers to its assets in the North Sea arena.

Welding SS exhausts

A new robotic facility entered production in July 2004 at the Coventry factory of first-tier automotive supplier, Unipart Eberspächer Exhaust Systems (UEES), to manufacture stainless steel exhausts for the Land Rover Discovery 3, due for launch this autumn, and for a future model of Range Rover.

Norway: another Ormen Lange contract

Hydro intends to give Aker Kvaerner the main installation contract for the new Ormen Lange onshore plant on the NW coast of Norway.