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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Michigan Seamless acquisition

Michigan Seamless Acquisition LLC has entered into a contract with Vision Metals Inc. to acquire the fixed assets and intellectual property of its Michigan Specialty Tube Division (MST) based in South Lyon, Michigan, USA.

Bevelled stainless screw

The Pro Screw bevelled flexible screw conveyor has been developed to ease the handling and increase the throughput of problematic products that may be cohesive or otherwise difficult to convey.

US salt waste processing facility

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is planning a salt waste processing facility (SWPF) at the Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina.

KCI launches new website!

Today KCI Publishing launches a website dedicated to pump professionals, www.pumpengineer.net.

Exotic metals prevent pipeline disputes

A Jiskoot inline sampling system is providing the accuracy crucial for ensuring correct allocation of condensate value and the avoidance of disputes in a shared pipeline.

German paper mill

Metso Paper has signed the final contract for pulping system in Zellstoff Stendal GmbH greenfield kraft pulp mill in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany, with the main contractor, RWE Industrie-Lösungen GmbH.

New plasma-cutting process

The French company SAF (Air Liquide Welding group) has presented a plasma-cutting process evolution called DUALGAZ.

Jacobs wins BP Texas refinery project

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will provide construction services for BP's fluid catalytic cracking unit (FCCU) motorisation project at BP's refinery in Texas City, Texas.

Polyacetal plant in China

Polyplastics Co. Ltd, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc. (MGC), Korea Engineering Plastics Co. Ltd (KEP) and Ticona, a business of Celanese AG, Frankfurt, have agreed on the construction of a world-scale 60,000 metric ton polyacetal (POM) facility in China.

Forth Welding & Cladding Services

Scottish company Forth Tool & Valve Ltd (FTV) has re-entered the weld cladding industry with the recent opening of Forth Welding & Cladding Services (FWC).