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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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Subsea production system for Statoil

FMC Technologies Inc. has announced that a unit of its FMC Energy Systems business has been awarded a contract to provide a complete subsea production system for a Statoil project in the North Sea.

XRF product from Thermo ARL

Thermo ARL, a Thermo Electron business, has introduced its latest WDXRF product.

Bright future for stainless in architecture

Fabricators of stainless steel can expect future high demand for their products in architectural applications, according to a recent report by Paul Snelgrove written for the British Stainless Stainless Steel Association.

Praxair and Air Liquide in Chinese venture

Industrial gas suppliers Air Liquide and Praxair plan to invest USD 100 million by 2005 in a venture supplying gas to a mammoth Shanghai chemical industry park.

Lurgi to supply Austrian plant

Lurgi Energie und Entsorgung GmbH (Ratingen, Germany) has won the order for the supply and construction of the combustion part of a residue processing and sewage sludge incineration plant designed to produce district heat for Vienna, Fernwärme Wien/WSO4.

Vietnam signs oil deal with Algeria

Vietnam has signed a contract worth USD 21 million to explore and exploit oil and gas offshore Touggourt, some 700km from Algiers.

New from Bioengineering AG

Bioengineering AG (Wald, Switzerland) has introduced its Memtiles series – a complete diphragm line for sterile and hygienic applications.

Clariant expands in Mexico with new plant

Clariant has commissioned a new production facility at Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.

UK resin plant

Belgium 's Tractebel SA has won a EUR 31 million deal to oversee construction of one of the world's largest resin plants near Hull in the UK.

Commercial production started in Wenchang project

CNOOC Limited announced today that the Company has earlier successfully started commercial production from the Wenchang offshore project in the South China Sea.