News

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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Stainless bridges

The state of Oregon in the NW USA is using S32205 stainless steel to build a bridge designed to last 120 years, according to Virginia Heffernan (Nickel magazine, February 2003).

US to request bids for oil contracts

The Army Corps of Engineers will solicit competitive bids for a contract to handle emergency repairs to the oilfields in Iraq.

Get a complete picture

Orbimatic's ORBIMAT C range of orbital TIG welding power supplies provides a total picture of the job.

Heavy duty MIG units

ESAB has introduced ESABMig, a range of flexible heavy-duty welding units.

Sulzer Chemtech order in China

Sulzer Chemtech has received an order for the design, construction, and delivery of six high-tech polystyrene reactors for the Chinese petrochemical market segment.

New maker of high-alloy valves

SVS is a new specialty valve manufacturer located in Houston, Texas and servicing the specialty high-alloy valve markets.

Sasol projects

Sasol has disclosed potential investment in future projects to the tune of USD 5 billion.

Transocean to drill on Snøhvit

A letter of intent worth some NOK 700 million has been signed by Statoil and Transocean for drilling and completion work on the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea.

Alba appoints Alstom Power

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba) has appointed Alstom Power as their EPC Contractor for the power-station portion of the Line 5 Project.

Tantalum is back

Tantalum, used in plant and equipment construction, is fully available again – and will be exhibited by COMETEC GmbH at ACHEMA 2003 (19–24 May 2003).