ISSF launches celebrations: 100 years of stainless steel
100 years of stainless steel.
International Stainless Steel Forum launches celebratory website and events.
The global stainless steel community is marking a century since stainless steels were first created, patented and produced. Over that time, stainless steel has grown to be integral to the modern world.
The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) has launched a website dedicated to the history of stainless steel and its innovative applications.
www.stainlesssteelcentenary.info
As well as the list of celebratory events, this website features facts about stainless steel, images of stainless steel applications from the past century, and a detailed history of the material.
A travelling exhibition about stainless steel will be launched in Beijing, China on 15 May 2012. After Beijing, the exhibition will move around the world. The metallurgists and industrialists who pioneered the stainless steel industry could scarcely have imagined how it would grow. Production has increased dramatically over the past ten years to a record 31 million metric tonnes in 2010 (see Table 1 below). That growth is only likely to increase as the sustainability benefits of stainless steel become better known. Its relatively low carbon footprint and 100% recyclability ensure that stainless steel will have a major role to play in a sustainable future.
Table 1: Global stainless steel production 2001-2010
(in millions of metric tonnes - mmt)
Year - Production (mmt)
2001 - 19.2
2002 - 20.7
2003 - 22.8
2004 - 24.6
2005 - 24.5
2006 - 28.7
2007 - 28.1
2008 - 26.2
2009 - 24.9
2010 - 31.1
The '100 Years of Stainless Steel' website and exhibition are sponsored by ISSF and the members of the Team Stainless network. Team Stainless is an informal network of industry associations which represent the stainless steel industry and its main alloying elements. Members include ISSF; Euro Inox; the International Chromium Development Association (ICDA); the International Molybdenum Association (IMOA); and the Nickel Institute.
