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Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 180
  • Cover: Chocolate: the secret ingredient is stainless steel
  • Letter to professor Gabriele Di Caprio
  • From our members: Marcegalia – A growing leadership in the stainless steel sector
  • Radioactivity and compulsory radiometric controls: taking stock of the situation
  • The “Ecokey” project for waste collection and recycling: stainless steel in the service of ecology
  • Stainless steel cloths: from industry to architecture, passing by design
  • One-hundred new ashtrays in the city of Verona: the advantages of stainless steel in street furniture
  • Enlisted in the navy: stainless steel in the service of defence
  • The “Summa” project
  • News:
    - “9th International Stainless & Special Summit” – Rome, September 7th ÷9th, 2010
    (Metal Bulletin – SMR)
  • A trigenerative solar power plant at the court of the grand duke of Tuscany

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 179
  • Cover: Domina Inn Milano-Fiera: the comfortable side of stainless steel
  • Cleaning operations in the “Giovanni XXIII” tunnel in Rome lined with Vernest® stainless steel
  • From our members: Ugitech – The world leader for stainless steel and alloy long products
  • Ministerial Decree of March 21st, 1973: contact with foodstuff puts on a new dress
  • Stainless steel pursues aesthetic perfection
  • The “giorno notte” collection for day and night – indoor and outdoor living solutions
  • Italian design lights up stainless steel
  • Silver Ice® stainless steel for lifts: anti-fingerprint and abrasion resistant
  • A disc… under “pressure”
  • News:
    - Stainless steel fasteners: the new edition of EN ISO 3506 standards has been released;
    - The “Summa” project – Milan, January 27th, 2010;
    - “Metal & Steel Exhibition 2010” Cairo, 18÷20 February 2010;
    - “Stainless Steel and Food – Developments in standards, regulations, performances and experiences” – Milan, May 5th, 2010 (Centro Inox – Alimenservice);
    - “H2O – Accadueo” – Ferrara, May 19th ÷21st, 2010;
    - “9th International Stainless & Special Summit” – Rome, September 7th ÷9th, 2010 (Metal Bulletin – SMR)
  • “Segni di Luce” (marks of light)… a “stainless” flash

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 178
  • Cover: L’Aquila – new water resources for a land that revives
  • Stainless steel shows off at pavilion B of the Fair of Genoa
  • From our members: Rodacciai – steady quality, steady innovation
  • Technical gases for welding and cutting processes: a general outline
  • Stainless steel in storage tanks for the thermal industry
  • “Ledtree”: from intuition to form
  • Stainless steel support structures for photovoltaic modules
  • A stainless steel core to create a romantic atmosphere and enjoy the pleasure of a ecological fireplace
  • How many “hugs” do you want? Shape your personal heat by yourself
  • Insulating with stainless steel
  • Stainless steel in sound-absorbing barriers: the Rome-Naples railway line
  • News:
    - Stainless steel chimneys;
    - Proceedings of the conference: “Stainless Steels – Standards, Directives and Laws” (Centro Inox – Unsider) Milan, 18th November 2009;
    - “Metal & Steel Exhibition 2010” Cairo, 18÷20 February 2010;
    - Presentation of the book: “Acciaio e suoi correttivi”.
  • The steamboat docks on stainless steel in the island of Burano

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 177
  • Cover: The “PIG” cleaning system for foodstuff conveying pipes
  • The shopping centre of Quarto is getting dressed in stainless steel
  • Stainless steel floors: a step forward in prestige architecture
  • From our members: Cogne Acciai Speciali – A history of work, commitment and Innovation
  • Home cleaning products for stainless steel: compatibility tests
  • Stainless steel doors: from pure functionality… to pure aesthetics
  • “Water Treadmill”, an innovative therapy in veterinary science
  • 13th World Swimming Championship – Rome, 2009: swimming pools embrace stainless steel
  • An off-road luggage rack for adventurous journeys
  • Stainless steel for manufacturing push-button panel for elevators
  • On the road of California in the city of angels
  • The Zurich airport: a stainless steel window overlooking the world
  • News:
    - EN 10088-4 and EN 10088-5 standards harmonized to CPD
    - “Stainless Steels – Standards, Directives and Laws” (Centro Inox – Unsider) Milan, 18th November 2009;
  • An oasis of glass and stainless steel

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 176
  • Cover: The Central Dairy of Vicenza
  • Stainless steel in the South Pole: the “Princess Elisabeth” antarctic station
  • From our members: Nickel Institute – Knowledge for a brighter future
  • Corrosion tests on stainless steels: a valuable support to planning and design
  • Not all that glitters is… stainless steel! An example of materials synergy from the flue industry
  • High-engineering stainless steel roller shutters
  • Street furniture in Terni
  • Stainless steel makes history
  • On the threshold of ancient walls: the pedestrian bridge of Scheggino
  • EN 10088 parts 4 and 5: stainless steel semi-finished products for construction purposes
  • Radioactivity control: Law Decree n.23, February 20, 2009
  • Identik Inox: 3 instruments all in 1
  • News:
    - “Water and Stainless Steel: a winning union” (Centro Inox – Nickel Institute - IMOA) Padua, 25th June 2009;
    - 3rd International Stainless Steel Symposium “Stainless Steel: one world – one market” (Stainless Steel Focus – Centro Inox) Stresa, 7th ÷ 8th October 2009;
    - “Stainless Steels Standards and Directives” (Centro Inox – Unsider), Milan, 18th November 2009;
  • When a material is capable to bend to an artist’s will

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 175
  • Cover: Per aspera ad astra (…Through the thorns to the stars)
  • More space for ferritic stainless steel in the food industry
  • Innovative ferritic stainless steel shelves
  • From our members: Thyssenkrupp Acciai Speciali Terni – new investments for one of the most world’s important integrated site
  • Steel and concrete: the “Pedeferri’s diagrams”
  • No limits for stainless: a stainless steel bathroom
  • Light and colours improve the appeal of stainless steel taps
  • Mail boxes: stainless steel cases
  • Protection shields with high design levels
  • Stainless steel and public areas: the Ancona-Falconara airport
  • News:
    - Advanced modular course: “Stainless steels” (AIM – Centro Inox) Milan,
    2nd Module 3-4-10-11-17-18 June 2009;
    - Hydrica: International Exhibition of Water Technologies;
    - Proceedings of the conference: “Stainless steel series 300: is there another alternative?
    A comparison among series 300, 400 and 200 stainless steels”, Milan, November 5, 2008;
  • AISI 316 L for assembling an innovative dock fender

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 174
  • Cover: The form of justice
  • Two duplex arches support the new bridge on the river Brenta
  • From our members: Ilta Inox – focus on tube corrosion
  • REACH: regulations for all cases
  • A new finish: InoxWine™
  • Stainless steel: a direct line with energy saving
  • 441LI: a winning alternative in pump production
  • Stainless steel and mineral water – for all its products, Sanpellegrino continues to rely on stainless steel
  • Stainless steel wins out the challenge of history
  • News:
    - Advanced modular course: “Stainless steels” (AIM – Centro Inox) Milan,
    1st Module 11-12-18-19-25-26 February 2009;
    2nd Module 3-4-10-11-17-18 June 2009;
    - Proceedings of the conference: “Stainless steel series 300: is there another alternative?
    A comparison among series 300, 400 and 200 stainless steels”, Milan, November 5, 2008;
    - Alumotive 2009: the 4th edition of the great event on transports;
  • Furnishing tiles

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 173
  • Cover: The other side of an administration
  • Ferritic and austenitic stainless steels combined in a gate:
    an intertwining of technology and innovation
  • From our members: A.D. Tubi Inossidabili
  • Main corrosion phenomena on stainless steels
  • A safety island and flower boxes in Milan, Corso Italia
  • Clean and shining are the new stainless steel posts for traffic signs
  • Stainless steel street furniture for the historic town centre of Albenga
  • Stainless steel enters the Monza circuit
  • Stainless steel cable-holding chains for oil drilling
  • The Perrères tunnel in Valtournenche revives again
  • The qualitative identification of some alloy elements:
    how can we protect ourselves from frauds in a simple, quick and inexpensive way
  • Inoxwind: the ventilated ridge with the strength of steel
  • News:
    Conference: “Stainless steel series 300: is there another alternative? A comparison among series 300, 400 and 200 stainless steels”, Milan, November 5, 2008;
    Advanced modular course: “Stainless steels” (AIM – Centro Inox) Milan, 1st Module 11-12-18-19-25-26 February 2009; 2nd Module 3-4-10-11-17-18 June 2009;
  • Special steel for Coolers – Wingtip Pod for the Eurofighter Typhoon

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 172
  • Cover: A stainless steel banister glitters under the Versilia sunshine
  • Something new for wine tanks
  • From our members: ACCIAIERIE VALBRUNA
  • Stainless steel and glass ductile structures: tensegrity glass beams
  • “Made in…” a marking for origins
  • Beware of false joint-ventures!!!
  • Panelling of the motorway connection viaduct leading to the new fair of Milan
  • When stainless steel reflects the image of our wellness
  • Onfalós: beyond the barbecue
  • Pizza and stainless steel: quality “made in Italy”
  • News:
    Conference: “Stainless steel series 300: is there another alternative? A comparison among series 300, 400 and 200 stainless steels”, Milan, November 5, 2008;
    National seminar: “Stainless steel for structural elements of land transport vehicles: guidelines for future developments” at CSM (Centro Sviluppo Materiali SpA) - Rome, October 2, 2008
  • Myrtha, the Italian swimming-pool for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 171
  • Cover: A “stainless” green skin
  • Museum of cycling “Madonna del Ghisallo”
  • From our members: TECNOFAR – Drawn and TIG-welded precision tubes
  • DLC, or when carbon becomes as hard as a diamond.
    Advanced technology walks arm in arm with beauty and design
  • Stainless steel for taps: a long-lasting, durable solution, and innovation in design
  • The reverse osmosis desalinator of Reggio Calabria
  • Technology for safety in the tunnel Martignano in Valsugana
  • Stainless steel fans for tunnels
  • Frauds, non-conformity and radioactivity.
    Technical seminars in Genoa and Venice for the Customs Agency
  • Opening of an anti-dumping inquiry concerning cold-formed flat stainless steel products against China, South Korea, and Taiwan
  • Ventilated walls and floating floors become rustproof
  • News:
    Seminar - Stainless steels: corrosion-proof alloys for desalination plants
    H2O Exhibition, Ferrara Fairground - Wednesday, 21st May 2008
  • Vespa LX, or how a myth can be revived

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 170
  • Cover: “Maranello”: a new 4-wheel motorcycle for challenging the traffic of the city
  • The drinking water plant of Pedra Majore (Sassari)
  • Stainless steel jewels: when steel bends to creativity
  • From our members: ACRONI ITALIA S.r.l. – Your partner on the Italian market
  • Rust-proof and recyclable: stainless steel respects the environment
  • A new “Cradle for Life” in Milan
  • International frauds: when preventing is better than healing
  • The Customs Agency is on the alert against frauds:
    Italian stainless steel manufacturers ask for more controls
  • Stainless steel furnishings for a new sports centre on the pond Santa Maria
  • Portholes, hatches and portlights for pleasure boating
  • A stainless steel sculpture celebrates a “Praise to the Earth”
  • News:
    - Stainless steel in desalination
    - A meeting on alternative stainless steels – First announce
  • New ferritic steel for hygiene-proof lockers

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 169
  • Cover: The new Central Dairy of Milan
  • When a hotel has an additional plus: art
  • From our members: MANNESMANN DMV STAINLESS
    A GLOBAL PLAYER IN SEAMLESS TUBES
  • LASER cut and design
  • Footbridge cover at the Fair of Rome
  • New barbeques shapes
  • Stainless steel accessories for pleasure boating:
    Catalyst and exhaust systems
    Nautical boilers
  • Pre-painted stainless steel attracts more and more
  • Stainless steel taps and fittings: new sharp, clear and refined shapes for the bathroom
  • Technical and regulatory aspects of stainless steel in the food industry - Cibus Tec – Fiere di Parma - Sala dei 100 – October 18th 2007 – 9.30 a.m.
  • The nectar of the Gods grows on… stainless steel cliffs

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 168
  • Cover: The staircase as a prestigious element of design
  • Innovative quality equipments for the food service industry
  • From our members: GRUPPO THYSSENKRUPP ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI - TERNINOX
  • The fire resistance of stainless steel: standards UNI 9503 and EN 1993-1-2
  • Increasing the aqueduct in Laives
  • The Salvarola thermal baths: when stainless steel aids the health
  • Life lines: in stainless steel again for safety
  • Stainless steel accessories for yachting
  • From the field to the wine cellar, the grape becomes wine protected by stainless steel
  • Technical and regulatory aspects of stainless steel in the food industry - Cibus Tec – Fiere di Parma - Sala dei 100 – October 18th 2007 – 9.30 a.m.
  • A pedestrian bridge in Ortisei

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 167
  • Cover: Stainless steel also shone at the Turin 2006 Winter Olympics
  • The quality of production processes and the respect for standards:
    tools for protecting consumers
  • From our members: CALVI NETWORK STEEL PROFILES
  • MIC – Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
  • Stainless steel multi-layer protected roofing
  • Jewellery and body piercing: stainless steel is the fashion loved by young people
  • Stainless steel pots and furniture for terraces
  • Ferritic stainless steel in barbecues
  • From fire to water: chains for navigation
  • Steam generators: energy and ecology working for mankind
  • Pumping systems and raking machines for Orbetello lagoon
  • International Conference & Expo Duplex 2007 - Grado, 18-20 June 2007
  • Pontedera Cinemax: a spectacle even before entering

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 166
  • Cover: The Motorcycle Show shines with stainless steel reflections
  • Ventilated façades for the new “Leoni Centre” in Milan
  • From our members:
    GRUPPO THYSSENKRUPP ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI
    TUBIFICIO DI TERNI
    SOCIETÀ DELLE FUCINE
  • Ferritic stainless steels: why not!
  • The new counters at “Falcone e Borsellino” Airport in Palermo
  • Production of neutral micro pellets for the pharmaceutical industry
  • A new way of colouring and protecting stainless steel
  • Safety is stainless steel at the Verona Arena
  • Centro Inox teaching in universities
  • “Made in Steel” 2nd edition – Brescia, 22nd-24th March 2007
  • When science becomes a game

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 165
  • Cover: Waves of light for a new administrative headquarters
  • From our members: ARCELOR GROUP
    INDUSTEEL ITALIA S.R.L. Stainless steel and stainless steel clad plates for special uses
    IUP. Precision stainless steel strips (Pont de Roide)
    MEUSIENNE ITALIA. Welded stainless steel tubes for corrosion and ornamental sector
  • Economic-performance comparison of piping for the transport of water meant for human consumption
  • Riccione’s “Overseas” Park
  • False or misleading certificates. The alarm is sounded by Centro Inox: let’s eliminate attempts to cheat users
  • Water heater: modern technology for a time-honoured product
  • Under a single lid…5 pressure cookers
  • Watches that tick in the sky, on land and…in the sea
  • A stainless steel envelope for the control room of the Saras Refineries of Sardinia
  • A new fountain in Milan

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 164
  • Cover: A new entrance at the head office of AEM SpA
  • Stainless steel in construction: a building material... that also resists corrosion. The state of affairs at a convention in Terni
  • From our members:
    UGINE & ALZ ITALIA
    A range of products, industrial tools, organisation, quality and innovation to help the Italian stainless steel market
  • Electrolytic polishing on stainless steel components
  • A stainless steel fishing boat challenges both the waves and corrosion
  • Folding stainless steel mopeds and bicycles: both practical and robust
  • A stainless steel watch to cheat time and try your luck
  • Stainless steel wire in textiles: protection and fashion
  • Electronically commanded stainless steel taps
  • A fence for... eternity
  • The subtle silver reflections of stainless steel in the lights and colours of the new Vulcano Shopping Centre
  • Electropolished stainless steel for the Alassio sea-front

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 163
  • Cover: A stainless steel skin for the new Milan fair
  • The new casino in Campione d’Italia
  • From our members:
    ARINOX SPA – ARVEDI GROUP.
    The Italian technology for ultra-thin precision strips
  • The new EN 10088 standards
  • The RoHS European Directive
  • Materials and objects destined to enter into contact with foodstuff products. The EC 1935/2004 Regulation
  • Relax? … stainless steel!
  • Fitness and therapy: better in water and with stainless steel
  • More and more stainless steel for taps
  • Stainless steel tanks for aqueducts
  • Italian pipes for a paper mill in Saragozza
  • In a pharmacy, just stainless steel

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 162
  • Cover: A duplex arch for the new Malizia bridge in Siena
  • Renovation of the tunnels of the Vicenza bypass
  • From our members:
    S.A.M.A.: cold-transformed special steels
  • 200-series Cr-Mn stainless steels: a real and safe alternative to 304?
  • Anti-perforation stainless steel insoles
  • Anti-Legionella coils for boilers
  • Continuing on the theme of safety: "banisters"
  • New magic with stainless steel at the festival in Lodi Vecchio
  • Puerta América Hotel: a dream come true

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 161
  • Cover: Milan restyling begins with "Valtellina 2"
  • Campione tunnel
  • From our members:
    UGITECH: UGINE-SAVOIE ITALIA AND TRAFILERIE BEDINI
  • Stainless steel for buses: a consolidated fact
  • A footbridge for skiers in Selva di Val Gardena
  • Let’s light up environmental design
  • Special stainless steels for an oil platform in the Caspian Sea
  • Live your functional country, or town, house with style
  • The last igloo of Mario Merz is in stainless steel

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 160
  • Cover: Commercial and management centre in Terni
  • The furnishings of Centrosarca in Sesto San Giovanni
  • From our members:
    MARCEGAGLIA DIVISIONE INOX
  • EN 10217-7: a new standard for welded stainless steel tubes
  • A plant recycling paper and carton: Italian stainless steel in Saudi Arabia
  • Stainless “elastic” to play with
  • An entirely transportable stainless steel prefabricated depurator
  • Automotive Circle International – Automotive technicians meet to discuss lightweight, low cost construction solutions
  • Beautiful, elegant and hygienic: that’s how a stainless steel pot is born
  • Stainless water blades

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 159
  • Cover: Stone and stainless steel for the new “Saint Pio of Pietrelcina” church
  • From our members:
    OLARRA. The production of the “Roda” Group stainless steels
    RODACCIAI. The transformation and finishing of steels
  • UNI EN ISO 3506: screws, bolts and nuts to standard
  • Stainless steel blades for slicing machines
  • Collection knives
  • Stainless steel for two and four wheels: special air filters for engines
  • Stainless steel taps: when design blends with hygiene
  • The “North-West through-road”
  • Stainless steel gives voice to power

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 158
  • Cover: The safe car: a stainless steel “nest”
  • From our members:
    COGNE ACCIAI SPECIALI
  • Pickling and passivation
  • A new filtering plant for a Swiss aqueduct
  • A “stainless” drinks plant
  • Stainless steel as a protective element
  • Stainless steel small components make the world move
  • Steel constructions for a better world
  • A magic fountain from scraps

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 157
  • Cover: The park of Castel Trauttmansdorff: stainless steel for Merano botanical gardens
  • Stainless steel and drinking water: a new decree confirms the marriage
  • From our members:
    The launch of the NICKEL INSTITUTE
  • Helpful advice for cleaning and maintenance of stainless steel
  • Identifying stainless steels and their passive state
  • Sandwich panels for thermal and noise insulation of walls
  • Stainless steel walkways: leisure and utility combined
  • Modular stainless steel protection for swimming pools: double security
  • Environmentally friendly stainless steel
  • Home radiators of stainless steel: art or design?

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 156
  • Cover: Lightweight and safe: a mini-car with stainless steel frame
  • The heart of the motor-vehicle of European production “beats” with steel of Italian production
  • Stainless steel taps: hygiene, long-life, design
  • Maintenance of stainless steel surfaces
  • Stainless steel and colour in the Milan underground
  • Knives, what a passion!
  • Water purification: a few examples in the province of Trento
  • Stainless steel bars in the reconstruction of the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan
  • New mark for stainless steel
  • The “stainless” fascination of the mountains: stainless steel artificial structures for climbing and bivouacs

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 155
  • Cover: Rovato’s streetlamps – A “rationalist” plan to illuminate a city
  • “Stainless” marked taps
  • From our members:
    THYSSENKRUPP ACCIAI SPECIALI TERNI - A widespread presence in the stainless steel market
  • The sheet takes shape. Processing stainless steel sheet
  • The new aqueduct for Nus in Valle d’Aosta
  • Designer knives
  • The Pieve di Ledro purification plant
  • Water purification system in the pavian
  • New mark for stainless steel
  • The Marghera Science and Technology Park

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 154
  • Cover: 46 km of seamless tube: Italian stainless steel for a CERN project
  • Stainless steel cabinets for maximum hygiene marked with the new stainless steel mark
  • “Liner lock” folding knife
  • From our members:
    ILTA INOX - 40 years in the vanguard
  • Cold forming of stainless steel. A technology serving design
  • Inauguration of Rome’s “Dives in Misericordia” church: an example of use of stainless steel reinforcement in fine architecture
  • All stainless steel for the Kawasaki Z 1000 exhaust system
  • Stainless steel expands spaces
  • Expanded metals from precision strip
  • New mark for stainless steel
  • Streamlined form for the new stainless steel taps

Summary
  • INOSSIDABILE 153
  • Cover: New mark for stainless steel
  • A long story of iron, fire and skilful hands
  • Stainless steel: new bathroom hygiene
  • From our members:
    ACCIAIERIE VALBRUNA
  • PED Directive No. 97/23 for Pressure Equipment
  • Innovative solutions for treating used oily emulsions
  • Walkirye: an all-stainless steel boat. A dream come true
  • Stainless steel exhaust systems for the Honda Hornet CB 600
  • Electronic hand washers
  • Long life idea for emergency housing
  • New shine for walls and floors: strength and flair