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Linn High Therm has introduced a new gas chamber furnace, the KS-80 S, with multi function unit SE 402, 2-zone control, burning-off device, flame supervision with safety packet, gas warning system, and control cabinet with integrated heat exchanger Chamber furnace series KS-S with gas-tight muffle was designed for application under protective gas atmosphere up to 1050°C.

The European Powder Metallurgy Association has appointed a ne executive director with effect from 1 May.

Borregaard of Norway and Sappi Saiccor of South Africa plan to expand capacity at LignoTech South Africa and its lignosulphonate plant in Umkomaas, South Africa, through the introduction of a new production line.

The Chinese government has appointed state-owned trading company China National Metals and Minerals Import and Export Corp. (Minmetals) to centralise the country's huge stainless steel imports.

BASF is planning to build a new plant to produce Styrolux® (SBS), a styrene-butadiene-styrene copolymer resin, at Altamira in Mexico.

Bulgaria's state gas monopoly Bulgargas will invest USD 44.5 million this year to expand its pipeline network in a bid to pump more Russian gas to Balkan neighbours.

Rautaruukki acquired Heléns Stål AB, a steel service company that operates in Sweden and Denmark, on 18 April 2001.

The SureBeam Corporation has signed an agreement with Excel Corporation for two of Excel's processing facilities, located in Nebraska and Texas.

Consolidated Edison Inc. has approved plans for the expansion of several power generating facilities owned by Con Edison Development.

Zaklady Azotove w Tarnowie-Moscicach AG has commissioned Krupp Uhde with the engineering and construction of a PVC-S plant with a capacity of 100,000 tonnes per year.