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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).
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Electralloy price increase on stainless grades

Effective with Stainless Bar new order placements of 15 May 2010, for Electralloy’s “FIRM” Bar Program Pricing and 1 July 2010, shipments for “FLEX” Bar Program Pricing, the company will increase base prices on selected air melted and all remelted grade stainless approximately 2- 4%.

VICI offers pre-cut metal tubing

VICI Precision Sampling, headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US, offers a range of custom and pre-cut Metal Tubing.

Bellow actuators plated with stainless

Rexroth is expanding its product range to include pneumatic bellow actuators in the BCS and BCE series.

Stainless press-fit ball plungers

J. W. Winco Inc., a supplier of standard industrial machine components, has expanded the company's line of GN 614 series Short Press-Fit Ball Plungers.

Ceramic filament products for use on stainless ste

Weiler Corp. has introduced a line of ceramic filament products and power tools specifically designed to assist the nuclear industry.

Trans World Alloys opens service centre

Trans World Alloys (TWA), a titanium sheet plate and forging distributor, has announced the grand opening of their 40,000sq/ft service centre in Gardena, California, US. For the past 20 years, TWA has specialized in supplying commercial and aerospace specification metals and high grade alloys for diversified applications in the military and industrial market segments throughout the country.

Plymouth Tube wins safety award

Curt McDowell, General Manager of the Plymouth Tube Eupora, MS operation, has announced that the mill has won the Fabricators and Manufacturers Association/CNA Insurance Safety Award of Honor in recognition of their perfect safety records and zero recordable injuries for the reporting period.

Allied Fitting acquires Warren Alloy

GulfStar Group has announced that Warren Alloy Inc. has been acquired by Allied Fitting L.P. GulfStar served as exclusive financial advisor to Warren throughout the transaction. Prior to the transaction, Warren was a portfolio company of The CapStreet Group LLC.

Daekyung Machinery supplys Canadian plant

South Korea's Daekyung Machinery & Engineering Co. has won a total of USD 10.8 million in orders to provide oil refinery equipment to plants in Canada and Turkmenistan.

Metals USA Holdings Q1 2010 results

Metals USA Holdings Corp. has reported its results for the three months ended 31 March 2010.