Finland-based stainless steelmaker Outokumpu has announced that it will deliver approximately 340 mt of stainless steel quarto plates to Cimolai Spa of Italy, which is one of the main steel manufacturers for the new World Trade Center transit terminal, the Oculus project, in New York at Ground Zero.
The use of quarto plates produced from Outokumpu's proprietary high strength LDX 2101 duplex stainless steel provides thinner, stronger and more cost efficient design in the construction. The plates will be produced at Outokumpu's quarto plate unit in Degerfors, Sweden.
Duplex quarto plates are increasingly used in demanding construction projects, since corrosion resistant high strength duplex grades offer considerable material weight savings.