Tag: stainless steel

Sandvik Steel UK merges with RGB

AB Sandvik Steel (Sweden) has announced that it is to merge Sandvik Steel UK and RGB Stainless Ltd.

Velan and McJunkin team together

Velan Inc. and McJunkin Corporation, North America's leading distributor of industrial pipe, valves and fittings have established a distribution arrangement for cast carbon, stainless and alloy steel gate, globe and check valves across the United States, with the exception of the Gulf Coast.

Plastic pneumatic actuator

Swagelok has announced that its patented DR series radial diaphragm valve is now available with a polyethersulfone (PES) actuator, which it claims offers excellent resistance to caustic wash-down.

Stainless butter packer

APV recently redesigned and launched the fully automatic Butter Bulk Packer, type FMG.

Stainless memorial to 9/11

A monument using stainless steel was dedicated at a ceremony held on Friday, 6 September, at US Steel's Minnesota Ore Operations (Minntac) plant.

Boiler upgrade

New from Potterton Commercial is an alternative to the installation of new condensing boilers. The Fumeco condensing heat recovery unit, made of high-grade stainless steel, is designed to convert a standard gas boiler into a high performance, fully condensing unit, producing cost and emissions reductions comparable with those achieved by condensing boilers.

Stainless price stability

Throughout 2001 and for all this year, stainless steel selling prices in the EU were reasonably steady, according to an article in the August issue of Stainless Steel Review

Memorial project

AK Steel is donating 20,000 pounds of stainless steel produced in western Pennsylvania to a project raising money for a permanent memorial to the passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93

Section 201 exclusions

The US Department of Commerce and the Office of the United States Trade Representative have announced the release of the final set of products to be excluded from the Section 201 safeguard measure on steel products.

Heckett MultiServ wins new contract

Industrial services and products company Harsco Corp. has announced that its Heckett MultiServ division will expand its services at the AvestaPolarit stainless steel works in Sheffield, England, under a new five-year award valued at more than USD 12 million.