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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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Coating thickness gauges from Fischer

Fischer Technology, a US manufacturer of coating thickness, material testing, and material analysis instrumentation, has released the FMP Series to its product line.

Stainless sensors for harsh environments

Balluff Inc., the US subsidiary of Germany-based Balluff GmbH, has introduced new 2X extended range SteelFace sensors suitable for harsh sensing environments.

Corrosion education training centre

NACE International’s new 15,000sq/ft training center at the headquarters in Houston, Texas has been named “The Elcometer Building at NACE International”.

Coal power phase out planned

Canada's federal government has announced that it is planning new climate-change regulations that would phase out traditional coal-fired power.

USA: nuclear engineering center

Toshiba America Nuclear Energy Corp. plans to build an engineering center in North Carolina.

Model 65S tubing cutter

Ridgid has recently added the Model 65S stainless steel quick-acting tubing cutter for making quicker cuts to stainless steel and other metallic tubes such as steel, zinc, copper and aluminum, to its stainless steel product line.

Contech to close steel forging plant

According to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN) notice filed by Contech LLC, the company will close its steel forging plant in Albemarle, North Carolina, in August of this year.

USA: biomass-fueled cogeneration unit

Peregrine Energy Corp. (Peregrine Energy) is planning to develop a new woody biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at Sonoco’s Hartsville Manufacturing complex in South Carolina.

Modular fume extraction system

Lincoln Electric has announced that it has released a modular fume extraction hood with Statiflex filter banks to control and remove weld fumes and grinding particulate.

Michigan hydrogen plant

Air Products has signed an agreement to construct a hydrogen production facility in Detroit, Michigan, for Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corp.