Tag: asia

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released figures for the first half year of 2017 showing that stainless steel melt shop production increased by 5% year–on–year to 23.

SUEZ has won a design contract for the rehabilitation and expansion of the discharge constructed wetland at the Shanghai Chemical Industry Park.

Nuclear new build levels in Asia are at a 25 year high. With each reactor requiring huge amounts of stainless steels, nickel alloys and titanium, this is good news for producers. In the long term, the industry aims for nuclear generation to supply 25% of global electricity demand by 2050.

The Japanese manufacturer HISAKA, a supplier of heat exchangers in Asia, recently ordered a 15,000to hydraulic press with multi-cylinder technology from Schuler which will be delivered to a HISAKA production site in Malaysia this year.

Suretank, provider of engineered solutions to the offshore oil and gas industry, has appointed Peter Weiss as Regional Director for Asia Pacific. In this newly created position, Weiss will be responsible for the Suretank manufacturing facilities in China and Thailand that manufacture offshore tanks and cargo carrying units.

On 8 April 2015, Paul Wurth and the Taiwan-based steelmaker China Steel Corporation (CSC) signed a co-operation agreement for upcoming iron-making plant construction projects in the Southeast Asian region, including material handling, sinter plants, blast furnaces and direct reduction plants.

JP Steel Plantech Co. and German engineering company Küttner signed a basic cooperation agreement aimed at strengthening the mutual broad cooperation relating to iron & steel technology.

Küttner, a technology supplier to the mining industry and steel industry, especially in upstream activities, has a successful track record in Europe, and is looking to extend its activities in Asia.

Kleven signed a new shipbuilding contract with Malaysian joint venture company IES Pioneer. The contract for the new vessel is of the MT 6015 MPSV design, designed by Norwegian design company MarinTeknikk, and will be outfitted with a crane, helideck and FiFi II.

Swire Oilfield Services has invested millions of dollars in the Asia Pacific region during the past two years. Swire Oilfield Services is a leading global supplier of cargo carrying solutions, modular systems, offshore aviation services and fluid management.

Canadian regulators have approved a project to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia's west coast to markets in Asia.