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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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USA: CHP plant in Wisconsin

Northern Power Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of Distributed Energy Systems Corp., has been selected by SC Johnson to engineer, build, and commission a USD 6 million turnkey combined heat and power (CHP) system.

TIGER Welding Station

Orbimatic GmbH has released details of its TIGER tube and pipe welding station.

Axium offers test facilities

Axium Process, specialist stainless steel fabricators, offer pilot plant test facilities for customers wishing to develop or enhance their product using any of the filters from their newly launched Pure-Screen filter range.

Italy: Adriatic LNG terminal

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a contract to conduct detailed design and planning activities for future offshore phases of the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the North Adriatic Sea.

Thin steel belts

Sandvik Process Systems is set to expand its presence in the conveying market with the introduction of ultra-thin steel belts.

India institutes new NID chair

The National Institute of Design (NID) and Jindal Stainless Ltd have instituted a Jindal Stainless Chair for Research & Product Innovation at the NID campus in Ahmedabad, India.

Switching stainless grades can be difficult

Since the price of nickel doubled there has been much talk of substitution – using nickel-free or low-nickel grades of stainless instead of type 304 and other austenitics.

Norsk Hydro awards contract

Norsk Hydro ASA and partners awarded a USD 35 million contract to Stolt Offshore SA to lay two 125 km, 6 in. pipelines in Norway.

Brazil: nuclear contract

AREVA has been awarded a contract by Brazilian operator Eletrobrás Termonuclear SA – Eletronuclear for the supply of two replacement steam generators for the Angra 1 nuclear power plant.

Harder stainless steel

Tanaka Limited of Osaka, Japan, has developed a plasma carburisation treatment that hardens the surface of austenitic stainless steel nuts and bolts.