Stainless Steel design course
US-based Contrarian Metal Resources has announced the launch of its first on-line course, "The Value of Designing with Stainless Steel," in conjunction with AEC Daily, provider of hosting and administrative services. Ball valve for use with duplex tubing
Swagelok, headquartered in Solon, Ohio, US, has released the FKB series medium-pressure ball valve, capable of providing a leak-tight seal for applications up to 15,000psig. Cronimet opens scrap processing facility
Pittsburgh-based Cronimet has opened a scrap processing facility in Texcoco, Mexico. The facility will handle nonferrous scrap metals as well as stainless and alloys. Canada sues US Steel
On 17 July 2009, Canada took US steel to a federal court over what it claims are broken promises after the firm idled most of its operations in the country. Video system enhanced
Longwatch has announced that it has added new features and functions to its Video System Version 5.0 to make it easier for users to integrate cameras in local and remote areas, combine video data with a wide variety of plant information, and enable operators to access video data from HMI terminals, cellphones or on a PC via the Internet. 
A full line of standard shaft collars and couplings made in large sizes from stainless steel for applications in harsh and wet environments is available from Stafford Manufacturing Corp. of Wilmington, Massachusetts, US. 
Stanley Virax has launched the first of its Pressing Machines into the US industrial market. 
Specialty tubing manufacturer RathGibson Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection under a heavy debt load. 
Rex Products Inc., of Fall River, Massachusetts, US, has introduced a new line of flexible, non-woven surface conditioning quick change discs for light grinding, blending, and finishing ferrous and non-ferrous metals. 
A wildfire burned more than a square kilometre of brush and forest near Long Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada on 13 July 2009, including an area where Vale Inco is preparing to build a nickel processing plant.