I remember hearing about these new lean duplex stainless steels coming out a couple years ago, and how they were going to take the world by storm. I have also heard that much time of the Stainless World Conference was spent on these materials.
Now, I can read the websites as well as anybody...
I work for a small-ish boutique steel supplier. With (3) grades of stainless, including a brand new lean duplex, we thought we had a good presence in the pulp and paper industry, until recently when my boss attended a pulp and paper industry conference. He then brought home many incoherent notes...