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The AvestaPolarit steelworks in Sheffield, England, has ordered all the technological equipment from Concast Standard to rebuild a six-strand continuous caster for stainless steel billets.

AvestaPolarit has announced a three-stage reorganisation of the AvestaPolarit Coil Products businesses in the UK.

Brazilian state oil company Petrobras has awarded Aker Maritime a contract for preliminary engineering for one deepwater platform, with an option for engineering of one additional platform. The preliminary engineering of the first platform has in itself a value of approximately USD 8 millions.

Port of San Diego (San Diego, California) awards Taylor-Ball California (San Diego, California) to build USD 15.4 refrigerated container facility that will be occupied by Dole Fresh Fruit Company.

Baoxin Stainless Steel Co., a subsidiary of Baosteel (China) has passed accreditation for the new ISO 9000 family of standards, namely ISO9001Transition, the ISO14001 and OSHMS.

Perforated stainless steel strips provided by Belt Technologies Europe are forming an essential component of highly sophisticated aircraft self-protection systems manufactured by Saab Tech Electronics AB.

Recent guidelines on food traceability have increased the pressure on manufacturers to beef up quality management systems even further and may lead to an increase in computers required on the shop floor.

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

Marathon Oil Company announced today a significant natural gas discovery on its Ninilchik Prospect on the Kenai Peninsula, approximately 35 miles south of Kenai, Alaska.

The Nigerian Naval Dockyard in Lagos has won an order to build the world's biggest deepwater oil offloading buoy for Shell's Bonga development.