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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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Spence Figure 32, 42, 42A Safety Valves

Spence Engineering Company Inc., Walden, New York, has announced a line of safety valves featuring a stainless steel base and disc which provide longer life, better corrosion resistance and higher set pressure ranges.

Aker Maritime strengthens Houston operations

Aker Maritime has decided to further expand activities and increase investments in its Houston-based operations.

Eastman to build iso-derivatives plant

Eastman Chemical Company and Sinopec Qilu Petrochemical Company are on track to build world-scale derivatives plants for the production of Texanol ester alcohol and TXIB plasticiser in Zibo, Shandong Province, China.

Jacobs wins Dutch refining contracts

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has announced that a subsidiary company has received a letter of intent from the Netherlands Refining Company bv (Nerefco) to take over multiple ongoing projects at their oil refinery in The Netherlands.

Stainless Steel World 2001: day 2

Lively workshops, fascinating papers, a seminar on market research and of course the traditional conference dinner were among the highlights of the Stainless Steel World 2001 Conference and Expo's second day.

SSW gets off to flying start

Stainless Steel World 2001 Conference and Expo took off on Tuesday 12 November at 8.15am with Chairman Michael Renner's opening speech.

New brochure from Spectro

Spectro has introduced a 12-page brochure of its petroleum analysers and monitors.

World’s largest deepwater oil processing project

Fluor Corporation and AMEC have announced that their Fluor Daniel/AMEC alliance (AFD) has been named by Hyundai Heavy Industries of South Korea as its subcontractor to design and manage a major portion of what will be the world's largest deepwater crude oil production facility.

Start-up of mill stand at Böhler Bleche

A new three-high mill stand has been successfully completed for the rolling of special steel at Böhler Bleche GmbH, Austria.

Allvac wins award to develop casting technology

Allvac, an Allegheny Technologies Incorporated company, and joint recipient General Electric Company Corporate Research and Development have been awarded a contract to develop a new technology to enable the production of very large nickel-based superalloy ingots required for the next generation of high-efficiency land-based turbines for power generation.