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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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Subsea 7 wins Shetland contract

Subsea contractor, Subsea 7 has been awarded a contract from BP for its 2005 subsea requirements West of Shetlands.

TP range complete

Orbimatic GmbH has launched the last two models in their Orbiweld TP range of open arc orbital TIG welding heads.

Award for Campeche Platform

Pemex has awarded Bosnor a contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, installation and testing of a production platform.

UK: LNG contract signed

BG Group and its partners have announced the signing of the shareholders and other related agreements confirming their commitment to develop an LNG importation terminal at Milford Haven in Wales.

ONGC deal for Australian firm

India’s Oil & Natural Gas Corporation has awarded a contract for G1-GS15 field offshore in Krishna-Godavari basin to Clough Engineering.

Belgium: new Bayer plant

Bayer MaterialScience plans to build a new aniline production plant in Antwerp, Belgium.

Technip wins UAE gas award

Technip, in a consortium with Al Jaber Energy Services, has been awarded a contract for a new terminal to receive and distribute natural gas from Qatar to the UAE.

Swaged products

Lifting Solutions (Barnsley, UK) has begun to offer stainless steel wire swaged products.

Stainless connectors speed offshore hook-up

Stainless-steel connectors from Hawke International are being used by BP to facilitate the offshore hook-up of the BP Clair deck to drilling and accommodation modules.

Voss transition

At the beginning of 2005 Voss Edelstahlhandel will make a transition to a new management team