Company News

In this section you can find updates from suppliers, manufacturers, fabricators and stockists of stainless steel material. This company news section is updated regularly with the latest company news from within the global stainless steel world community. If you wish to include your newsrelease on our website Stainless Steel World Americas and email newsletter, please feel free to contact us.

Lincolnshire-based RathGibson files Chapter 11

Specialty tubing manufacturer RathGibson Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under a heavy debt load.

USA: CO2 pipeline feasibility study

Denbury Resources Inc. has initiated a comprehensive feasibility study of a possible long-term CO2 pipeline project which would connect proposed gasification plants in the Midwest to the company’s existing CO2 pipeline infrastructure in Mississippi or Louisiana.

Lincoln Industries names VP

Bill Ellerbee has been selected to serve as vice president of operations for Lincoln Industries.

Nuclear-powered carrier gets overhaul

Northrop Grumman Corp. has redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), to the US Navy.

ThyssenKrupp continues work on Calvert mill

Local ThyssenKrupp stainless officials have announced that ThyssenKrupp AG is not cancelling or further delaying its plans for a stainless steel melt shop at the company's complex in Calvert, Alabama, US.

US opens first biodiesel pipeline

Pipeline company Kinder Morgan Energy Partners has announced the first successful commercial shipment of biodiesel to be transported through a pipeline in the US.

White Mountain agreement with SGS Lakefield

White Mountain Titanium Corp. has entered into an agreement with SGS Lakefield to complete the Stage 2 pilot plant test work program.

Calpine plant environmentally friendly

Calpine Corp. has been working in cooperation with The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to respond to comments submitted by a number of environmental and local public interest groups, including the Sierra Club and EarthJustice, regarding the company’s proposed 600MW Russell City Energy Center to be built in Hayward, California, US.

Ameron profits fall

Pasadena, California-based Ameron International Corp. has reported that fiscal second quarter profit plunged 42% due to sharply lower earnings at its steel minimill and a decline in public works spending in the western states.

USA: organic waste-to-energy biogas facility

The San Jose City Council has authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute a Memorandum of Understanding to develop guidelines and potential lease terms for the development of an organics-to-energy biogas facility on a 40acre site near the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plan.