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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).

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Special Metals relocates

The European facility of Special Metals Welding Products Company Inc. (formerly Inco Alloys International Inc.), located in the UK, moved to a purpose-built marketing, sales, distribution and technical support centre on Monday, 7 July 2003.

Samsung contract for a Butene-1 plant

Arabian Petrochemical Company (Petrokemya) has awarded a contract to Samsung Engineering for the engineering, procurement and construction of a third Butene-1 plant.

Saer introduces submersible pump

Saer has introduced a range of submersible bore hole pumps, XS XNR in AISI 316 investment cast stainless steel.

Paper mill in China

Guangxi Nanning East Asia Sugar Group, a Thai sugar-miller operating in China, plans to invest THB 400–500 million to establish a pulp and paper plant.

Coolant switch saves for cold rolling specialist

By changing to Castrol, cold rolling specialist JB and S Lees is saving GBP 30,000 a year and improving the working environment for its mill operators.

Parker expands tube range

At Offshore Europe, Parker Instrumentation will expand its family of rapid-assembly, compression tube fittings for pressures up to 15,000PSI.

Repsol-YPF boosts output in Ecuador

Repsol-YPF will invest USD 136.8 million in Ecuador as part of a plan to increase its output in the Andean nation to 100,000bpd from 19,000bpd.

Russia’s Nizhnekamsk builds new plant

One of Russia's largest petrochemical companies, OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim, plans to build a USD 125 million plant by 2006 to produce polypropylene.

Australian ethanol subsidy

A government subsidy for ethanol production should help kick-start Australia's biofuels industry.

Machinability of cold formed stainless parts

A manufacturer of specialty cold formed products claims it can fabricate high quality stainless steel parts, cost effectively, that can be cold headed and subsequently machined or fabricated from the same feed stock.