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Acknowledgements
The following organisations provided financial support for the publication of this
handbook. Their assistance is gratefully acknowledged.
• Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS), (formerly European Coal and Steel
Community (ECSC)), that financed both the two underlying research projects
and the dissemination project for the preparation of this handbook, under the
following contracts: STAINLESS STEEL BUS, contract 7210-PR-176;
DOLTRAC, contract 7210-PR-363; and INSAPTRANS, contract RFS2-CT-
2007-00025.
• The European stainless steel producers and other organisations that have
contributed to this handbook through participation in all three above-mentioned
projects.
A project steering committee including representatives from each partner and subcontractor
oversaw the project work. The following were members of the project
steering group (PSG) and/or contributed to preparation of the manuscript:
Tero Taulavuori Outokumpu Stainless Oy (PSG chairman)
Nico de Wispelaere OCAS N.V.
Leopoldo Rizzo Centro Sviluppo Materiali (CSM) S.p.A.
Thomas Pauly,
Alenka Kosmač
Euro Inox ASBL
Rafael Sánchez Acerinox S.A.
Raf Thys,
Roeland Vliegen,
Benoît van Hecke
Hannu Hänninen,
Joona Säynevirta
Mika Sirén,
Pekka Pohjanne,
Hannele Tonteri,
Tiina Ala-Outinen
ArcelorMittal Stainless Belgium N.V.
Helsinki University of Technology
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (coordinator,
PSG secretary)
The technical data and design recommendations presented in this document are based
on the best knowledge available at the time of publication. However, no responsibility
of any kind for injury, death, loss, damage or delay, however caused, resulting from the
use of the recommendations, can be accepted by the project partners or others associated
with its preparation.
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