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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).

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Uhde lands China contract

Dortmund-based Uhde GmbH has been awarded a contract by Sinopec International in Beijing to engineer China’s biggest vinyl chloride (VCM) plant with a capacity of 400,000 tonnes per year.

Mexican water contract

Earth Tech has been awarded a contract from Fideicomiso del Sistema de Aguas Residuales del Alto Rio Blanco (FIRIOB) for a wastewater treatment plant in the city of Orizaba, about 200km SE of Mexico City.

Lybian EPIC

Bouygues Offshore has signd an EPIC contract for a subsea production system, offshore Libya with Agip Gas BV.

Stainless butter packer

APV recently redesigned and launched the fully automatic Butter Bulk Packer, type FMG.

Siemens wins North American business

Siemens Energy & Automation Inc. has received an order from North American Stainless for addition of an extension to the existing meltshop substation.

Siemens wins SMI upgrade contract

Structural Metals Inc. has awarded Siemens a contract for new arc furnace switchgear for its minimill in Cayce-West Columbia, South Carolina, USA.

Titanium for Goro project

Allegheny Technologies (ATI) will supply all wrought product forms made of the specialised Titanium Grade 28 to be used in Inco Ltd's Goro mining project pressure acid leaching heat exchanger system.

Ethylene facility in Texas

Dow Chemical Co. is planning to build an ethylene plant in Seadrift, Texas.

New Sri Lanka refinery

An oil refinery is to be built in Sri Lanka by a private consortium, if it can gather USD 600 million in funding.

“Endless” pipe system

FLEXWELL-LPG Piping has produced a flexible, "endless" pipe system for buried automotive LPG piping installations at service stations. The system’s innovative feature is a flexible, "endless" metallic piping system made of stainless steel with simple mechanical joints.