Tag: stainlesssteel

CARBIOS and Wankai plan to roll out PET enzymatic biorecycling plants across Asia, targeting one million tonnes per year of capacity, starting with a 50,000-tonne-per-year plant in China due to begin construction in Q1 2026. The chemical recycling process for PTA and MEG production points to multiple stainless steel opportunities in reactors, pressure vessels, pipelines and utilities in both the first facility and future plants.

PETRONAS, Enilive and Euglena have broken ground on a new biorefinery within the Pengerang Integrated Complex in Johor, designed to process up to 650,000 tonnes of renewable feedstock a year into SAF, HVO and bio-naphtha. Targeted to start up in the second half of 2028, the complex will require extensive stainless steel process equipment, storage tanks and piping systems for biofuels and feedstock handling.

TechnipFMC has received a substantial integrated EPCI contract from Eni for the Maha gas development offshore Indonesia. The scope includes the design and manufacture of Subsea 2.0® tree systems, manifolds, flexible pipes and umbilicals, plus installation of the complete subsea production system tied back to the existing Jangkrik FPU—offering strong potential for duplex and super-duplex stainless steel in subsea equipment and flowlines.

Valmet will supply a CFB boiler, flue-gas treatment and automation system to Cheng Loong’s Houli paper mill in Taiwan, using waste and biomass fuels to cut coal consumption and reduce CO₂ emissions by an estimated 48,000 tonnes a year. The new boiler island and gas-cleaning systems represent sizable demand for stainless and high-alloy materials in pressure parts, ducts and flue-gas treatment equipment.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has secured the EPC contract from Zeon Corporation for a new cyclo olefin polymer (COP) plant in Shunan City, Japan, due for completion in the first half of fiscal 2028. The high-purity COP facility, serving optical, medical and semiconductor applications, will require extensive high-grade stainless steel in reactors, columns and clean piping systems.

EnviTec Biogas is resuming construction of a 1.4 MW poultry-manure biogas plant in Candelaria, Quezon Province, with fermenters, engine and grid connection already in place. Installation of internals, pumps and control systems will start in Q1 2026, ahead of feeding power into the Meralco grid from June 2026 – a classic manure-to-energy project with significant need for corrosion-resistant stainless tanks, piping and gas handling.

SMS Group has supplied Maruichi Stainless Tube with a fully automated extrusion line in Japan, integrating advanced heating, automation, and quality control systems for stainless steel tube production.

DM Shipping orders three 33,000 DWT duplex stainless steel chemical tankers from New Jiangzhou Shipyard in China, advancing its fleet with methanol-fuel-ready, next-generation vessels.

Tenaris will supply casing and tubing, including 13Cr stainless steel tubulars, to bp for the Tangguh UCC LNG project in Papua Barat, Indonesia – a national strategic project involving CCUS and onshore gas compression.

ExxonMobil has commissioned new facilities on Jurong Island that convert crude oil residues into higher-value products, adding 20,000 bpd Group II base stocks capacity. Used in engine oils, gear oils, and marine oils – driving stainless steel demand in refining and process equipment.