Stainless steel is a durable, low maintenance material and is often the least expensive choice in a life cycle cost comparison.
Stainless steel is available in many surface finishes. It is easily and simply maintained resulting in a high quality, pleasing appearance.
The majority of stainless steels can be cut, welded, formed, machined and fabricated readily.
In addition to chromium, nickel, molybdenum, titanium and niobium, other elements may also be added to stainless steels in varying quantities to produce a range of stainless steel grades, each with different properties.
There are a number of grades to choose from, but all stainless steels can be divided into five basic categories:
These are named according to the microstructure inherent in each steel group (a function of the primary alloying elements). Austenitic and ferritic grades account for approximately 95% of stainless steel applications.
Stainless steel is a valuable scrap material. It is 100% recyclable and a preferred raw material input by steel makers. Stainless steel production incorporates high levels of scrap use (as high as 80% of charged materials will be scrap stainless steel). New stainless steel comprises at least 50% recycled stainless steel product and more than half the stainless steel produced today has already been another useful stainless steel product in the past.
As a result of our drive to continuously improve and transform our products, we manufacture customized stainless steel products in our ultra-modern production facilities in multiple grades and sizes.
