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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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Welding wire for robotic welding applications

Hobart Brothers has developed a new metal-cored welding wire designed for high-volume robotic welding applications, especially those used in heavy equipment manufacturing.

USA: expansion of Haynesville gathering system

Regency Energy Partners LP plans to construct a SD 44 million pipeline extension of Regency's Nexus Gathering System located in North Louisiana.

Allegheny to acquire

Allegheny Technologies Inc., whose products include titanium and titanium alloys, nickel-based alloys and super-alloys grain oriented electrical steel, stainless and speciality steels, zirconium, hafnium, niobium, tungsten materials and forgings and

Acerinox to post profit

Acerinox SA expects to make its first profit since the second quarter last year as European and US customers replenish dwindling stockpiles.

Cast in North America pavilion

The American Foundry Society and North American Die Casting Association have introduced the Cast in North America Pavilion at CastExpo’10.

Sandvik Coromant supports SkillsUSA Championships

Sandvik Coromant has donated time, support and resources to the 2009 SkillsUSA Championships.

Jien Canada extends offer

Jilin Jien Nickel Industry and Canadian Goldbrook Ventures Inc. have extended their offer to acquire Canadian Royalties Inc. by a month to 15 October 2009.

Intecsea appoints

Intecsea has announced the appointment of Bill Westcott to the position of Director, Business Development - Americas. Mr Westcott will be based in Houston and report to Uri Nooteboom, Senior VP for the Americas Region operations and to Jim Osborn as Senior VP for global Intecsea business development.

AISI wins web award

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the major trade association that speaks on behalf of the North American steel industry, received a Standard of Excellence WebAward in the annual Web Marketing Association competition in the ‘Associations’ category for its Web site, Steelworks.

Submerged arc welding system additions

Lincoln Electric has announced the release of the new Power Wave AC/DC 1000 SD and MAXsa drives and controllers.