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Stainless Steel in the Home of Tomorrow
There are many ways in which stainless steel contributes to making a home safer, more attractive, more comfortable, more ecologically friendly. This animation will show you a few examples.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
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Stainless steel for a cleaner world
Stainless steel plays a key role in environmental control technology. Not only is it a sustainable, fully recyclable material, it also helps us to reconcile the requirements of modern societies with the need to protect the Earth and use its resources responsibly. Here are just a few examples of how stainless steel can improve the environment.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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Homepage of worldstainless in Chinese
The worldstainless homepage can now also be seen in Chinese
Friday, December 18, 2009
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Stainless Steel for Lasting Value
Stainless Steel - Alloyed, Self-repairing and Recycled for lasting value. These three videos are now available in 18 languages.
Friday, December 04, 2009
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Stainless steel bars and wires in electronics
Stainless steel bars and wires make the world communicating. In this animation you can discover how much stainless steel is used in the small parts of tools we use every day.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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Stainless steel in filtration
Filtration is part of our daily life ... and stainless steel is the material of choice for filtration. In this animation you can find out how, why and where!
Friday, October 30, 2009
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Street Furniture website launched
Sustainable development is one of the key issues of the 21st century. Urban planners are therefore looking into sustainable solutions for street furniture. Stainless steel is a durable, safe, hygienic material and has low maintenance cost. We believe stainless steel is the sustainable solution for street furniture. ISSF has launched a website on stainless steel street furniture with ideas and examples from all over the world – for urban planners and architects to get ideas on how to use this material.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Stainless Steel - Recycled for Lasting Value Wins Sustainable Business Film Award
Brussels, 3 June 2009. The video, “Stainless Steel - Recycled for Lasting Value” has received the Sustainable Business film award at the 2009 Festival van de Bedrijfsfilm (Corporate Film Festival) in Antwerp, Belgium. In less than four minutes, it demonstrates how stainless steels’ durability and recyclability make this material a sustainable choice. Stainless is a champion of recycling, with nearly 90% of end-of-life stainless steel being collected and recycled into new stainless steel – without loss of quality.
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
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Five Booklets from the Ferritic Solution
Five booklets were published from the Ferritic Solution; "Commercial Food Equipment", "The Sugar Industry", "The Freight Industry", "Building Interiors" and "Solar Water Heaters".
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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International Stainless Steel Course Now Available In Korean
The Korean stainless steel industry is set to benefit in knowledge and consistency, following the translation of an international Stainless Steel Specialist Course.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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New 200-series steels English version
ISSF has just published a technical guide to chrome-manganese austenitic stainless steels. The booklet includes information about these steels and contains advice for potential users.
Monday, April 10, 2006
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Stainless Steel Statistics
ISSF has published the updated stock cycle reviews and demand indeces on the statistics pages of the worldstainless website.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Drop in Stainless Production Tempered by Third Quarter Recovery
Brussels, 5 January 2010. Preliminary figures released today by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that world stainless steel production decreased by 15% in the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the same period of 2008. However, production figures for the third quarter show an increase of 12.5% when compared to the same quarter in 2008.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
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Online Information Centre for Stainless Steel in Construction
The Online Information Centre for Stainless Steel in Construction which contains over 100 resources about the design, specification, fabrication and installation of stainless steel in construction.
Friday, December 11, 2009
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Practical Guidelines for the Fabrication of Duplex Stainless Steels
Specifiers and fabricators requiring the unique combination of high corrosion resistance and outstanding material strength provided by duplex stainless steels now have freely available to them a definitive guide to selecting and working with duplex grades. 
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Non-corrosion properties of stainless steels
Stainless steels: it is not only the corrosion resistance that matters. Stainless steels are often rightly associated with corrosion resistance … but they can do much more! The examples in this animation illustrate the usefulness of other properties of stainless steel long products.
Friday, October 30, 2009
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Stainless steel production for first half of 2009 down
Brussels, 21 September 2009 - Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that stainless steel crude steel production decreased in the first half of 2009 by 26.7% compared to the same period of 2008. Total production for the first six months of 2009 was 10.8 million metric tons (mmt). All major regions showed lower production volumes in the first half year 2009. Only China reported an increased production volume during the period.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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First Quarter Stainless Production Lowest Since 2000
Brussels, 8 June 2009. The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has released preliminary stainless steel production figures which show that 4.8 million metric tons (mmt) of stainless was produced worldwide in the first quarter of 2009. This is the lowest level of first quarter production since 2000.
Monday, June 08, 2009
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Online Stainless Steel in Construction Information Centre
The Online Stainless Steel in Construction Information Centre is now ready. Just under 140 resources have been added to this online database.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
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The Ferritic Solution
The Ferritic Solution provides an overview of the properties of ferritic stainless steels, the advantages of using them and the applications where they can be used. The Ferritic Solution is a crucial reference document for stainless steel users, specifiers and producers.
Friday, June 27, 2008
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Why use stainless steel reinforcing bar
ISSF has produced a leaflet which answers some basic questions on stainless steel rebar.
Thursday, August 30, 2007
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New 200series steels Chinese version
《 “新200系列” 钢种:不锈钢行业的机遇还是威胁?》 是一份关于铬锰奥氏体不锈钢产品的技术说明,并为感兴趣的用户提供有价值的信息及建议。目前中文版已可下载阅读。
Monday, April 10, 2006
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