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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).

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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Umbilical factory in Angola

Technip-Coflexip has signed a joint venture agreement with Sonangol for the creation of a new company to manufacture subsea umbilicals.

Zinc oxide facility

Hartford Steel Technologies plans to finalise a site for its proposed “Super Facilityâ€? in NW Ohio by the end of summer.

Dynamet moves into motorsports

Dynamet Incorporated, a subsidiary of Carpenter Technology Corp., has formed a strategic alliance with Renton Coil Spring (RCS) Company related to titanium coil springs for high-performance motorsports and recreation applications.

Laser machine from tube Tech

Tube Tech Machinery (Cazzago, Italy) will display its new laser machine, Speedfly FL, at the 23th BIMU (Milan, Italy, 3–8 October 2002).

Stainless ascends to new heights

Global stainless crude steel production increased substantially in the April to June period, according to an article in Stainless Steel Review (July 2002.

Linde wins liquefaction contract from Norway

Linde AG, Wiesbaden, will build Europe's largest natural gas liquefaction plant on Melkøya island near Hammerfest, Norway, north of the Arctic Circle for the international Snøhvit Group.

Stainless actuator or switch housing

Schurter's Metal Line switches and keypads are protected against both rough environmental conditions and vandalism.

New polyethylene plant for Thailand

Thailand 's National Petrochemical PCL has signed a contract worth USD 67.9 million with Samsung Engineering Co. of South Korea and Samsung Engineering (Thailand) Ltd for the building of a new polyethylene plant.

Saudi meets on fate of landmark gas deal

Saudi Arabia is set to decide the fate of the kingdom's multi-billion dollar initiative to open its huge gas sector to foreign investors.

Inovati wins R&D 100 award

Inovati (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) has won an R&D 100 award for 2002 from R&D Magazine for the development of equipment and processes for its low-temperature metal deposition technique, Kinetic Metallization (KM).