Rankin Industries Inc. has announced that a joint venture has been signed with Jinzhou Special Welding Electrode Co. Ltd to form Rankin Alloy (Jinzhou) Co. Ltd. The new company was created to offer China a reliable source of domestic manufactured, quality flux cored stainless steel and hardfacing welding wires, to provide a high level of technical support to customers, and provide leading hardfacing technology to the market.