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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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Lundin to develop fields in Tunisia

Lundin Petroleum, Stockholm, plans to develop several fields in and off Tunisia in coming years.

Contract for Kårstø expansion

A contract worth just over NOK 700 million relating to the KEP2005 expansion project at the Kårstø processing complex north of Stavanger has been awarded to Norway's Aker Stord yard.

Wisconsin Bridge reconstruction

Stelax Industries Ltd has announced that Stelax International Ltd has received a contract for use of NUOVINOX(TM) rebar on the Wisconsin Department of Transportation "Portage River Bridge Reconstruction Project."

Slovakian pulp and paper mill

Metso Paper will rebuild a pulp and paper mill of the Slovakian pulp and paper producer, Severoslovenske Celulozky a Papierne a.s. in Ruzomberok.

Sakhalin contract to Aker Kvaerner

The Sakhalin Energy Investment Group has awarded Aker Kvaerner a USD 150 million contract for the development of the Sakhalin II Phase 2 project in Russia.

Welding pulled tees

Orbimatic GmbH, the manufacturer of orbital tube welding equipment, has produced modified collets which fit a standard ORBIWELD fully enclosed weld head range to allow operators to weld a pulled tee with minimal weld neck.

Lovejoy teams up with Flexon to sell couplings

Lovejoy (US) has formed a partnership with Flexon (Germany) to act as Lovejoy's main distributor sales force in the German and Austrian market for the Lovejoy line of couplings.

Stainless actuator

SMC Corporation has announced the introduction of the Series CG5 stainless steel pneumatically driven linear actuator.

Hydro expansion in Canada

Alstom has signed a contract valued at more than EUR 29 million with SNC-Lavalin for the supply, installation, testing and commissioning of a turbine-generator set, plant controls and their auxiliaries at the Brilliant Expansion Hydroelectric Power Plant in Canada.

Parker expands tube fitting range

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