Tag: stainless steel

Serapid supplies nuclear waste carriage

Serapid has provided a customer with a stainless steel push/pull Rigid Chain system with the feature of providing both horizontal and vertical motion using a single motor.

Dykem High Purity stainless markers

Australian Warehouse Solutions (AWS) has released a range of Dykem High Purity markers for use on stainless steel or any surface where degradation, contamination and other adverse effects are a concern.

Architect uses stainless steel

Wolf D Prix, the architect of a new high school for the arts being built in downtown Los Angeles, USA, will be using stainless steel in his design.

SS demand to increase by 9% in India

Stainless steel demand in India is expected to rise by 8% to 9% in the current fiscal year and double in the next 5 years, as more of the alloy is used to make railway coaches and buildings.

Venezuelan steelmaking company

Venezuela and Cuba signed an agreement to create a joint steelmaking company called Aceros del Alba CA, which will make stainless steel products in Venezuela.

Stainless for Burj Tower

In Dubai the Burj Tower is still under construction but in July 2007 it already became the world’s tallest building and it currently stands at more than 600m.

Indian SS makers increase capacity

Within 5 years India plans to add about 4.6 million tonnes per year of stainless steel capacity, which could make it the world’s second largest stainless producer after China. India currently produces about 2 million tonnes per year of stainless steel, more than a third of which is exported as the domestic market is yet to be developed.

Chinese SS gets probed

The US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is investigating the alleged use of Cuban-origin nickel in stainless steel exported to the USA from China.

Ferrerira joins Fine Tubes

Fine Tubes, manufacturer of high specification precision tubing in stainless steel, nickel and titanium alloys, with its head office in Plymouth (UK) has announced the welcoming of another powerful driving force on board the Sales & Marketing Department.

Stainless consumption in India to increase

Stainless steel consumption in India will rise by at least 140,000tns over the next one year or so after the railway minister announced plans to build new freight wagons and passenger coaches from the metal.