Tag: stainless steel

Stainless production upgrade

MEPS (Stainless Steel Review) has uprated its estimate for Western World crude stainless steel production in 2003 to 20.3 million tonnes.

New stainless-steel ‘ice’ sculpture

A new stainless-steel sculpture has been unveiled outside the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, UK.

Arcus acquires Sosta assets

Stockholder and project supplier Arcus, based in Dordrecht, the Netherlands, has acquired the assets of German pipe manufacturer Sosta as of 1 March 2004.

Metabo: new slicer

Metabo Corporation now offers new aluminium oxide Type 1 Slicer-Plus high-performance wheels that provide increased cutting speed and minimal burr when cutting heavier gauge metals.

Stainless control scale

The food division of Weightron Bilanciai introduces its stainless steel i-Takeaway portion control scale.

Short stub fittings accommodated

Orbimatic GmbH has announced details of the ORBIWELD 12 Micro Weld Head.

New Cermet grade insert

The UK tooling specialist TaeguTec UK has launched its CT5000 Cermet grade insert for general milling applications.

Diverting Heathrow’s rivers

Rotork IQ intelligent electric valve actuators are being used in a diversion project associated with the construction of the new Terminal 5 (T5) at London Heathrow Airport.

All-in-one cutting and welding

Axxair has announced the CC + SASL-150, the world's first all-in-one orbital cutting and welding machine.

Ways to deal with cheap-import threat

A two-pronged research programme is being undertaken by SASSDA to identify the benefits offered by overseas governments to their manufacturers and to audit local manufacturing procedures and business practices.