Abrasives for stainless steel
Rex Cut Products, located in Fall River, Massachusetts, has released an expanded line of synthetic fiber abrasive products that provide smooth, controlled operation on stainless steel, aluminum, and exotic alloys. Stainless steel unit delayed
ThyssenKrupp will delay the start of stainless steel production at its USD 4.5 billion Alabama plant because of economic conditions, but the move is not expected to affect carbon steel operations, which represent the lion's share of the project. Universal Stainless reports income
Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc., a North American distributor of Stainless, Nickel, Aluminum, and Special Alloys, has reported that sales for the fourth quarter of 2008 rose 15% to USD 57.1 million compared with USD 49.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2007. Vale halts nickel shipments
Vale do Rio Doce, the world’s second-largest nickel refiner, has halted concentrate shipments from Newfoundland and Labrador until an agreement can be reached with the Canadian province on a proposed processing plant. Stainless steel feeler gauge
Steritool, headquartered in Moosup, Connecticut, will be expanding its line of autoclaveable stainless steel hand tools.