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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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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.

Super duplex pump

The Port Klang Power Station in Malaysia routinely faced "unacceptable" costs associated with downtime on their existing pumps.

Sandvik Steel UK merges with RGB

AB Sandvik Steel (Sweden) has announced that it is to merge Sandvik Steel UK and RGB Stainless Ltd.

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).

Joints in high-temperature alloys

A one-day meeting is to be held at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) on 20 November 2002.

TMR appoints manager

Dr Gary Carinci has joined TMR Stainless as a Senior Development Manager.

Tackling superalloys

A research project at Cranfield University has employed Holroyd's superabrasive Edgetek machines to achieve significant breakthroughs when machining nickel-based superalloys.

Corrocean moves

CorrOcean srl, the Italian office of CorrOcean, the supplier of corrosion monitoring services, has moved to a new address.

Titanium seminar

The TIG will be holding a one-day seminar entitled "So you want to make it in titanium?" at Austincourt, Birmingham, UK, on 16 October 2002.