OREANDA-NEWS. December 12, 2011. Recently information came from Baosteel International's Pudong International Trading Co.: a kind of new stainless steel product developed by Special Steel Business Unit successfully enters the high end cosmetics packing industry. Baosteel thus becomes the only domestic enterprise that has the capability of supplying this product in batches stably, reported the press-centre of Baosteel.

This stainless steel product is mainly used to make the springs of sprayer unit for high end cosmetics such as shampoo and perfume, which has high requirements for the corrosion resistance and fatigue resistance of the material. Before this, although some domestic steelmakers have developed relevant product, but the product performance is always unstable, and this material still has to be imported.

In the process of tapping the demand of a customer, Pudong International Trading Co. learned about the difficulty of this customer and immediately set up a task force with Special Steel Business Unit to make in-depth exchange with the customers. After understanding the customer's requirements for product performance and application, they actively carried out the trial manufacture of this new product.

The product has stringent requirement for carbon content control. With the cooperation of Pudong International Trading Co., Special Steel Business Unit made explorations during the trial manufacture, relied on the technological advantages accumulated in the past to adjust and optimize the process continuously, striving to control the ingredient level. After the efforts for three months, the trial manufacture succeeded. The customer commented after trial use: Baosteel's product is excellent in cost effectiveness, stable in product quality and can replace the imported products, then it decided to order this product in batches.