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!

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.

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.

In conjunction with HYDRICA, the international exhibition of water technologies, Centro Inox in partnership with the European branch of the Nickel Institute, based in Brussels, and IMOA (International Molybdenum Association), based in Brussels as well, presents itself to all operators of this sector to illustrate the main characteristics of stainless steels in the “water” industry.

The Grand Hotel des Iles Borromées of Stresa, on the Lake Maggiore, will be the charming setting of the “3rd International Stainless Steel Symposium” organized by Focus Rostfrei and Stainless Steel Focus, in cooperation with Centro Inox.