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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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Hydrogen plant from Finland

The Finnish company Fortum Oil and Gas Oy, the operator of Scandinavia’s biggest refinery, has commissioned Uhde GmbH to design and supply equipment for a new hydrogen plant.

Diverting Heathrow’s rivers

Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators are being used in a diversion project associated with the construction of the new Terminal 5 (T5) at London Heathrow Airport.

Metso to supply plant in Finland

Metso Paper will supply M-real Corporation with equipment for a pulping and a baling line at its new BCTMP (bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp) plant in Kaskinen, Finland.

Stainless gearboxes for food industry

Baldor has launched a range of all-stainless-steel gearboxes for electric motors.

Danish cheese factory

Invensys APV is to undertake a multi-million Danish Kroner contract to build a new cheese production plant at the Them Co-operative Dairy in Silkeborg, Denmark.

Sweden: paper machine rebuild

Jaakko Pöyry AB has been commissioned to provide engineering services for the rebuild of Korsnäs AB's PM4 in Gävle, Sweden.

All-in-one cutting and welding

Axxair has announced the CC + SASL-150, the world's first all-in-one orbital cutting and welding machine.

Bridge repairs using SS rebar

Dunkirk Specialty Steel have used 316LN stainless steel rebar to repair a road bridge in Chautauga County, NY.

Improved oxygen analyser

Orbimatic GmbH, the manufacturer of Orbital TIG Tube Welding Equipment, has seen an upgrade to its weld purge meter.

Argentina: AREVA wins contract

AREVA has won a EUR 33 million turnkey contract with Aluar Aluminio Argentino, an Argentine aluminium manufacturer and producer, for the design and installation of a new power supply system in its smelter, situated in Puerto Madryn, Patagonia.