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Our dedicated news department gathers news and press releases from around the world to bring our community the latest developments in the stainless steel industry. Here you can find news involving the people and companies involved in the manufacturer, supply and use of corrosion resistant alloys (CRAs).
Topics such as tubes & pipes, cladding, offshore, chemical process industry, welding & fabrication, 13Cr stainless steels, titanium, nickel alloys, pulp & paper and duplex stainless steels are covered as well as interviews with materials specialists, manufacturer and end users alike.
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Penn Stainless receives achievement certificate

Penn Stainless Products has received an Export Achievement Certificate from the Department of Commerce.

Roll-Kraft presents fabcast

Mr Bret Molnar, Roll Design Engineer/Sales, for Roll-Kraft, was recently an exclusive presenter of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association (FMA) “Tube Mill End-to-End” fabcast. During the 90 minute presentation, Mr Molnar covered all the aspects of tube & pipe mills, identifying the various types of mills, the various tube & pipe roll designs and configurations, reasons for choosing them, roll tooling materials, and roll tooling maintenance.

TIGG acquires manufacturing facility

TIGG Corp. has announced the acquisition of a new manufacturing facility on 40 acres in Heber Springs, Arkansas, US.

Hayward expected to step down

BP's chief executive Tony Hayward is expected to stand down following criticism of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

Canadian Arrow update on nickel projects

Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd has reported its compilation and re-interpretation of past exploration results on its wholly owned Alexo and Kelex mines located 50km east of Timmins, Ontario, and has identified seven mineralized zones under evaluation for resumed mining extraction.

Universal Stainless announces new CFO

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Mr Douglas M McSorley has been named VP of Finance, CFO and Treasurer of the company effective 19 July 2010.

Evraz Group consolidates vanadium sales

The Evraz Group S.A., which owns a majority share of Strategic Minerals Corp. (Stratcor), consolidated its global vanadium sales and marketing activities serving the steel industry into its wholly-owned marketing organization, East Metals S.A., based in Lugano, Switzerland.

ATI chooses Siemens

Allegheny Technologies Inc. has selected a company to design, engineer and supply the USD 1.16 billion hot rolling mill it plans to install at its Brackenridge, Pennsylvania plant.

Grandis Titanium relocates

Grandis Titanium has relocated to a new main office and warehouse facilities in Rancho Santa Margarita, California. New facilities are double in size from their current facilities in Foothill Ranch.

Titanium Industries organizational appointments

Titanium Industries Inc. has announced two significant appointments in its organizational structure.