Technical

Working together with global Stainless Steel Materials’ experts, engineers and companies involved in the manufacture or use of stainless steels/CRAs, we provide here a selection of original, non-commercial articles. These in-depth technical papers are written or co-written by operating companies, describing commercially viable new technologies and case histories of successful applications, backed by data. Topics include tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels.

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When bigger is better… Prelude FLNG, the world’s biggest floating structure

Stainless Steel World's Joanne McIntyre and John Butterfield talk about Prelude FLNG, the world's largest floating structure

Outokumpu holds technical symposium in Mexico

Outokumpu hosted a stainless steel technical symposium for white goods industry professionals and customers from United States and Mexico at its cold rolling plant in San Luis Potosí, Mexico in January.

New technical sales support manager at INTERPIPE

Boris Lomakin has been appointed as INTERPIPE technical sales support manager. The new company’s top manager has already started to perform his duties.

The principal task of Lomakin at this position consists in development of technical support to customers and, as a result, in strengthening of company’s positions and business development within a customer focused approach.

Outokumpu’s lean duplexes receive national technical ap

Outokumpu’s lean duplex grades LDX 2101® (EN 1.4162) and LDX 2404® (EN 1.4662) recently received general approval AbZ (Allgemeine bauaufsichtliche Zulassung) by the German national building authority DIBt (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik).

Sandvik appoints Technical Sales Manager

Sandvik Materials Technology UK has appointed Helen Harvey as its new Technical Sales Manager of Tubular Products. A Sandvik employee for more than 11 years, Harvey brings extensive knowledge of the company’s products and services to the table, in addition to previous managerial experience. She possesses an understanding of the Sandvik Materials Technology business platform

Looking for technical partners in Qatar

Development company seeks qualified technical partner in Qatar.

Sumitomo Metals receives ISOE Technical Award

Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd has been awarded the Technical Award from the Information System on Occupational Exposure (ISOE) Committee that is led by the joint secretariat of the OECD/NEA (Nuclear Energy Agency) and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) at the ISOE Asia Symposium.

ASSDA technical information night

On 26 May 2009, The Australian Stainless Steel Development Association (ASSDA) will be holding a technical information night on stainless steels for the food industry.

Sandvik publishes technical manual

Sandvik Materials Technology in the UK has published an updated technical manual for stainless steel products.

IMOA appoints technical director

The International Molybdenum Association (IMOA) has appointed Dr Nicole Kinsman as Technical Director from 1 January 2002.