Tag: stainless steel

What effect from EU plastics ban?

In October 2018 Members of the European Parliament (MEP) voted to ban single-use plastic items such as plates, cutlery, straws, balloon sticks and cotton buds, which make up 70% of marine litter. The move creates many opportunities for the stainless steel industry.

Stalatube’s stainless facility preparing for ramp-up

Stalatube’s new best-in-class production facility manufacturing stainless steel tubes in special dimensions and further processed stainless steel products is moving into the ramp-up phase.

Stainless water tanks for ultramodern diving school

Gpi recently had the honour of supplying two large stainless steel water tanks for a very unusual project. The tanks will be used at a dive training school in the Netherlands. The Dutch tank fabricator shared some insights into this challenging project.

ChMK stainless steel to be used in the nuclear industry

Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works has successfully passed the audit by Rosatom and has been included in the database of stainless sheet suppliers.

Pamban India’s railway bridge to use stainless steel

Railways are all set to replace the 104-year-old Pamban Bridge with new vertical lift bridge.

Italy’s A.D. Tubi expands manufacturing into USA

A.D. Tubi USA was founded in 2018 as an extension of A.D. Tubi Inossidabili to support the growing demand for high quality specialty welded tubes in the North American markets.

Olympic Steel acquires McCullough Industries

Olympic Steel Inc. a national metals service center, recently announced that it has acquired the assets of McCullough Industries, Inc.

Stainless steel in construction industry

The South African stainless steel industry is in an early developmental stage with regards to construction and cladding, despite many architectural projects having been completed over the past few decades, says South African Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) Western Cape regional manager Michel Basson.

Taking the sting out of honey processing

Amidst the crowds of visitors to the Stainless Steel World exhibition last November I spotted a gentleman methodically working through a list of materials suppliers he wanted to visit. It emerged that Mr. Milosevic had travelled from his Serbian fabricating facility to find suppliers of AISI 304 stainless to be made into honey processing equipment. I was intrigued to learn about this unexpected destination for stainless steels…

Working together to find the best solution

To improve performance of heat exchanger tubing in challenging urea production environments, Sandvik worked with Stamicarbon BV to develop Safurex Star, an advanced alloy for use with high pressure (HP) strippers. Oscar Johansson, Global Product Manager, Heat Exchanger & Fertilizer Tubing for Sandvik discusses.