Featured Story

Our Featured Story archive is a collection of the Featured Story’s which have been published in our magazine and taken pride of place as the ‘unique feature article’ on our Stainless Steel World Americas home page. In addition to industry updates, market news and topical issues of the day the Feature Story provides an interesting mix of company profiles, in-depth technical articles, reports from major end users and features projects in a variety of industries ranging from oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical to the architecture, power generation, medical and food and beverage industries.

Using NDT to Ensure Product Quality

Stainless steel is becoming the default material for many uses, consequentially making product reliability even more important.

Market Update of Centravis: Global Manufacturer of Seamless Stainless Steel Tubes and Pipes

Centravis, a prominent manufacturer of seamless stainless steel pipes and tubes situated in Nikopol, Ukraine, continues production despite experiencing a temporary production halt.

Identifying and Fixing Problems in Pressure Regulators

This simple three-step program can help to ensure regulators are working as promised and keep industrial fluid systems running at peak performance.

The Growing Role of Heat Exchangers

While traveling down many roads, smoke rising from a smokestack can often be seen. The smoke that is visible is actually wasted energy that could be put to better use.

Gas Turbine Air Inlet Maintenance Checklist: Keeping a Plant Running

With the decline in coal-fired power generation over the last two decades in favor of renewable power, combustion turbines in both simple-cycle and combined-cycle configurations are serving as an important bridge technology for grid stability.

Gasket Technology for Heat Exchanger Equipment: History, Applications, and Evolution

A heat exchanger (commonly abbreviated as HE or HX) is, at its most basic level, a system used to transfer heat between two sources.

Factors Shaping the Stainless Steel Flow Control (SSFC) Market

When considering the best approach to interacting with any market, the business strategy should include an analysis of all facts and factors on a periodic basis.

Mitigating Corrosion in Stainless Steel, An Interview with Jonathan Maddox, Nippon Chemical Texas

Keeping up with guidelines and preventative testing is vital to the success of any petrochemical company, and aiming to keep corrosion to a minimum goes hand in hand with the goal of reducing emissions at any facility.

High-Quality Products for High-Pressure Service: Lemasa’s Expansion Plan into the American Market

Founded in 1989 in Brazil, the Lemasa company initially specialized in rotary nozzles for high-pressure applications.

Welding of Stainless Steel: Back to the Basics

As the use of stainless steel is (and has) increased significantly over the years, the fabrication industry has kept pace with a variety of welding processes, each with benefits and drawbacks that must be evaluated to select the best method of joining.