| 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. www.street-furniture.org – Your reference for ideas and examples of stainless steel street furniture! |
| Friday, June 19, 2009 |
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| New Associate Member for ICDA |
| The Council approved the application of Sonaco Trading AB, a trading company in Sweden - bringing total ICDA Membership to 106 Members. The representative is Mr. Claes Lundman who used to be Council Member of ICDA and delegate for ChEMK in Russia. |
| Friday, June 19, 2009 |
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| How Green Is My Bottle |
| Earth Day was 22 April, and all things “green” was celebrated. But it’s worth asking: how environmentally friendly are “green” products, really?This contribution about stainless steel bottles is from “The New York Times”. |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
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| Updated Stainless Steel Statistics |
| The stainless steel statistics (Crude Steel Production, Stock Cycle Review, Demand Index) have been updated by ISSF. They are available from the worldstainless website. |
| Friday, May 08, 2009 |
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| Solar Solution |
| Many technologies are being developed to slow global warming and avoid its consequences. One of these sources is solar power. |
| Wednesday, March 18, 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. |
| Friday, June 19, 2009 |
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| Stainless Steel – Recycled for Lasting Value |
| The third video “Stainless Steel – Recycled for Lasting Value” from Team Stainless is now available. In under four minutes, it shows stainless steel as a champion of recycling, with around 90% of end-of-life stainless steel being collected and recycled into new stainless steel – without loss of quality. Durability and recyclability are two of the key contributions which stainless steel makes to sustainability. |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
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| New Look for the ICDA Website |
| The ICDA website has been entirely freshened up with new photos included in the various sections. A slide show is available in the Members Section and composed of photos provided by ICDA Members. |
| Thursday, May 14, 2009 |
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| “What Nickel adds to Stainless Steel” |
| An invited talk “What Nickel adds to Stainless Steel” was given by the NI’s Peter Cutler at the 5th Stainless Steel Congress in Brno, Czech Republic on 8 April 2009. It covered the reasons why nickel remains such an important alloying element in stainless steels. |
| Friday, April 17, 2009 |
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