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AvestaPolarit’s Tubular Products’ businesses will be regrouped according to their current main products into two organisations: one will focus on tubes, the other on fittings.

At the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders of Technip-Coflexip held on 13 December 2001, shareholders decided to change the company's corporate governance structure to a two-tiered structure with a management board (directoire) and a supervisory board (conseil de surveillance).

FELS Setal secured a USD 14 million contract from Halliburton Produtos Ltda, a subsidiary of Kellogg Brown & Root Inc, for the fabrication of four manifold modules, to be used for the Caratinga and Barracuda Fields in Campos Basin, offshore Brazil.

ThyssenKrupp Steel has acquired the remaining 10% of the shares in the Italian stainless steel producer Acciai Speciali Terni (AST), Terni, from the TAD Group, and now owns 100%.

Quanta Services Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Haines Construction, has been contracted by Enbridge Midcoast Energy to build over 50 miles of gas pipeline in Northwestern Alabama.

IISI held its Annual Meeting of Members and Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors in Paris on 9 December 2001. The meeting approved new objectives for the Institute following a strategic review of its future role conducted with the membership over the last year.

The Stork GLT consortium has received an order from the Nederlandse Aardoliemaatschappij BV (NAM) for the renovation of a further three gas production sites in the Slochteren gas field in Groningen, The Netherlands.

The British Stainless Steel Association (BSSA) has recently launched its own “Stainless Steel Specialist Courseâ€? to provide a benchmark for skills within the industry and offer participants the chance to develop their knowledge of the material to an accredited standard.

Norton’s new TwinFiber(TM) Type 29 flap disc combines the two most advanced abrasives, premium ceramic seeded-gel and zirconia alumina abrasives, to achieve higher productivity on stainless and carbon steels.

Sandvik Coromant will initiate negotiations with the local organisation of the Swedish Metalworkers' Union regarding a surplus of about 250 persons at the plants in Gimo.