Outokumpu duplex specialty stainless breakthrough in the Chinese domestic water heater market
OUTOKUMPU OYJPRESS RELEASE7 September 2012 at 9.00 am EETOutokumpu introduces duplex stainless steel to domestic water heaters in China producing the first-ever duplex water heater tank in cooperation with a local fabricator Phinx. Duplex stainless steel means that less material is required while superior corrosion resistance is maintained in the application. Outokumpu’s long business development efforts in China came to fruition when a prototype water storage tank for domestic water heaters was fabricated from Outokumpu’s thin duplex stainless steel sheet of grade 2304. To