World’s largest stainless plant inaugurated
On 7 May AvestaPolarit's Tornio Works were inaugurated, marking the end of a three-year phase in the investment project to more than double the steelmaking and rolling capacity for stainless steel at the works.
Deepwater Dalia contract
A joint venture made up of Technip-Coflexip, Saipem and Stolt Offshore, in a consortium with Samsung H.I. and Daewoo SME, has been won an engineering, procurement and fabrication contract for the FPSO's topsides of the Dalia oilfield development, offshore Angola.
Saudi gas project is right on track
Saudi Arabia has cleared a major obstacle for signing final agreements with international oil majors for two mega gas projects, agreeing terms on associated power plants, the chief Saudi negotiator has said.
Stainless servo gearmotor keeps it clean
A servo gearmotor designed specifically for hygiene-critical environments in the food, biomedical and pharmaceutical industries has been introduced by Bayside Motion Group.
New titanium-based alloys
Takashi Saito, a researcher at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories in Japan, has used quantum mechanics and high-powered computer calculations to create new mixtures of metal that have "super" properties of strength and flexibility.