Tag: stainless

Stainless sales drop in USA

An Outokumpu survey reports that the sales volume of stainless steel in the US in the first season of 2008 has dropped by 12.5% from the last quarter of 2007 due to weak demand in the global market.

Corus aerospace price increase

Corus Engineering Steels has announced it will increase prices across its full range of carbon, alloy and stainless products for aerospace applications by a minimum of 5%, effective on all new orders.

Danieli expands Corus Bar mill project

Danieli Morgårdshammar will extend the scope of its ongoing project to install a new bar-in-coil line for specialty steel coils (up to 3.2 metric tons) at the Corus Thrybergh bar mill in Rotherham, UK.

Corrosion-resistant sensors

Titan Enterprises (UK) offers rugged sensors in corrosion-resistant engineering plastics or stainless for up to 0.5" line size, and 30 litres per minute flow.

Revised surcharge

Allegheny Technologies Incorporated has announced that ATI Allegheny Ludlum is revising the raw material surcharge formula for all stainless and super stainless steel and tool steel products, with effect from 4 January 2004.

Stainless for slicing and dicing

Reiser UK, a specialist in processing and packaging equipment for the food sector, is targeting the slicing and dicing markets with their range of Holac equipment.

Plasma-electrolytic finishing

Byelorussian state-owned company Plasmavac has developed a technique for improving metal workpiece surfaces.

Vacuum pump solutions

BOC Edwards is launching a new range of single-stage and two-stage liquid ring vacuum pumps for the evacuation of wet and dry gases.

Record output

Global stainless output in 2002 will be the highest ever recorded, according to an article in Stainless Steel Review.

Stainless bolts

Industrial safety specialist Castell has increased its range of high specification shotbolts for machine guarding and controlled-access applications.