CSI orders 24-inch HF tube welding line from SMS M
California Steel Industries (CSI), located in Fontana, California, has placed an order with SMS Meer, Germany, for the delivery of a 24-inch HF tube welding line. The line will be used primarily to produce up to 400,000 tons of line pipes according to API 5L.
Usiminas sells CLC-treated heavy plates
Usiminas has just sold the first lot of heavy plates produced with the CLC technology to the energy industry. This is in line with its strategy of adding more value to its products. In total, 2,500 tons were sold to Voith Hydro do Brasil for application in the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Power Plant project.
Lincoln Electrics debuts top-of-the-line welding
Lincoln Electric has released their new Premium Welding Gear Ready-Pak®, which is loaded with top-grade personal protection equipment for welding and other fabrication tasks.
New range of weld purge monitors
Engineering staff at weld purge experts Huntingdon Fusion Techniques Ltd have developed a new range of Weld Purge Monitors™. McDermott awarded brownfield contract
McDermott International, Inc. (McDermott) announced that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a brownfield contract to provide two new permanent living quarter modules, including the Front End Engineering Design (FEED), design engineering, construction, transportation and installation for BG Trinidad & Tobago Ltd. 
Polysoude has introduced its latest revolutionary carriage-type welding head, the POLYCAR 30 AVC/OSC. This product was manufactured in response to high market demand following an increase in the number of more compact constructions and therefore reduced accessibility in terms of radial clearance around tubes to be welded. 
Lincoln Electric’s new HydroGuard™ Bench Rod Oven can be used to help to protect stick electrodes from destructive moisture pickup, a major contributor of potential weld cracking and porosity.