Through many years of close co-operation with our customers and our good research facilities the company built up experience on our grades performance in service and during fabrication. There are staffs of technical market support engineers available to assist in material selection, fabrication and other issues, well backed up by the expertise within the research departments. Information brochures, technical articles etc., are published that can give the user assistance. Outokumpu regularly gives training seminars covering stainless steels, their properties and suitability for use.