November - December 2000
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Steels
SteelNet is offered by the USA Steel Manufacturers Association. It offers information about the SMA, a list of SMA Member Companies with links to their pages, a listing of which SMA members can provide specific steel products, and a long list of links to other steel related resources on the Internet. Large graphic on home page.
http://www.steelnet.org The American Iron and Steel Institute offers information about the organisation, details of their publications, legal and political issues, statistics on the North American steel market, and features on the properties and uses of steel. They offer links to other sites dealing with steel. Some areas are for members only. Very large graphic on home page.
http://www.steel.org
Steel Times is the journal for the European steel industry. It provides advertising and events lists plus features and a help and advice section.
http://www.steel-times.com
STEELynx is a guide to steelmaking and steel-related technologies on the WWW from Cathy D. Stewart at Michigan Library Consortium. It includes steelmaking resources listing steel companies, non-profit government and academic sites, commercial services and journals.
http://www.mlc.lib.mi.us/~stewarca/
The Steel Alliance represents steel producers in the USA and Canada. Information on ultralight steel vehicle bodies, domestic applications and roofing is presented.
http://www.thenewsteel.org
The Iron & Steel Statistics Bureau provides data on the industry in the UK to 1996. It is part of the UK Steel Association and the Steel UK consortium. Uses Frames.
http://www.issb.co.uk/
OECD Steel Committee describes its activities and present abstracts of publications and press releases. Uses Frames.
http://www.oecd.org/dsti/sti/industry/steel/index.htm
The Association of Iron and Steel Engineers, an international member-based organisation, gives information on their activities including conferences and publications.
http://www.aise.org
Steel Recycling Institute offers information on uses of steel in construction, cans, cars and appliances with emphasis on recycling. Statistics on steel recycling rates in North America are given. Several of their publications are available online. Uses Frames.
http://www.recycle-steel.org
Arbed SA offers information on their company structure, products and finances, and recent news releases. Uses Frames and Java.
http://www.arbed.lu
Avesta Sheffield presents a description of the company, product details (including information on manufacture of welded tube and properties of stainless steels), news releases, recent financial reports, R&D activities, information about the environment and contact details. Uses Frames.
http://www.avestasheffield.com
Bethlehem Steel describes the company structure, an outline of their history, and research activities.
http://www.bethsteel.com
Corus (formerly British Steel and Koninklijke Hoogovens) has a graphical website, which offers comprehensive information on the company and its products, offers teaching resources, presents their environmental policy, and gives company financial data. They offer an online image library showing uses of steel and a multimedia library for use by print, broadcast and advertising people.
http://www.corusgroup.com/
Carpenter Technology Corp manufactures stainless steels, titanium alloys, ceramics and other speciality engineered materials. Their website offers information about the company, including financial data, and online ordering of their product brochures. Uses Frames.
http://www.cartech.com
COSIPA, Companhia Sidergica Paulista, a Brazilian steelmaker, offers information in Portuguese on their activities and products. Uses Frames.
http://www.cosipa.com.br/frame.htm
A Finkl & Sons Co offers information on their products, company history, a tour of the plant in pictures, and a guide to forging die steel selection.
http://www.finkl.com/home.asp
Hylsamex, a Mexican company, offers information in Spanish and English on the company structure, finances and products.
http://www.hylsamex.com.mx
Inland Steel Industries Inc describes its activities and products. Several large graphics. Uses Frames.
http://www.inland.com
Kawasaki Steel Corporation offers information on their company, including the 1998 Annual Report, in English and Japanese. Large image on homepage.
Kobe Steel provides information in Japanese and English covering corporate profile, Annual Report, finance, products and services, news releases and information about reconstruction at Kobe. Products include their welding consumables and protective clothing. Large image on home page.
http://www.kobelco.co.jp
Nippon Steel site is in Japanese and English. It offers a company profile, financial information, details of their business areas and R&D activities. Abstracts from Nippon Steel Technical Report no.66 are available. Uses Frames, Javascript and large images.
http://www.nsc.co.jp
Posco offers information in Korean and English including their annual report, full text of recent bulletins, detailed product information and contact addresses for their dealers world-wide. Large image on homepage. Uses Frames and some animation.
http://www.posco.co.kr
Sandvik is an international, high-technology materials engineering group mainly concerned with cemented-carbide and steel products. They offer company information including financial data and press releases. Many graphics on front page - can be slow.
http://www.sandvik.com
Specialty Steel and Forge offers information on the company and its products. They also provide the Metals Watch commercial newsletter. Registered users have free access to a database of metal and alloy property data.
http://www.steelforge.com
Sumitomo Metals site appears to be in Japanese, with only a few navigation aids legible in English.
http://www.sumikin.co.jp
Thyssen offers pages in German and English to describe the company and its activities and give recent financial data.
http://www.thyssenkrupp.com
Usiminas, a Brazilian steelmaker, offers information on their company and products in Portuguese on a highly illustrated site. Many graphics on front page - can be slow and does not display correctly in Netscape 4.
http://www.usiminas.com.br
The British Institute of Non-Destructive Testing presents information on its activities, events, membership, publications and certification. A reference guide to information on equipment and service providers who are Associate Members of the British Institute of NDT is offered. Includes an International Directory of Quality Practitioners, Register of Independent Consultants and directory of equipment providers.
http://www.bindt.org/ The Canadian Society for Non-destructive Testing site offers information on the society's activities, publications and events.
http://www.csndt.org/
NTIAC, Non-destructive Testing Information Analysis Center, describes their information services and publications.
http://www.ntiac.com/
NDT Net is an electronic journal, includes information from manufacturers, details of exhibitions, an online library of full-text articles, abstracts database, the online Ultrasonic Testing Encyclopedia, a discussion forum and a monthly electronic Journal of Non-destructive Testing and Ultrasonics.
http://www.ndt.net/
NDT Link - The American Society for Non-destructive Testing site includes technical information, buyers guide, jobs, society information, schedule of events, local society activities, industry services, publications and certification activities.
http://www.asnt.org/
Global NDT Internet Superhub is run by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and offers links to the web pages of national NDT technical societies.
http://eis.jpl.nasa.gov/ndeaa/nasa-nde/gnis/gnis.htm
NDT Cabin, an online magazine for NDT technicians. Includes articles on NDT, a database of NDT training courses for the UK, Middle and Far East, some free training software and jobs listings (largely UK).
http://www.ndtcabin.com/
