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2023

Issue 2: Project Updates – TAC Meetings Yield New, Potential and Completed Projects
3 Virtual GlobalTAC Meeting Scheduled for September
4 MTI Welcomes Nippon Steel to its Worldwide Technical Community
5 Curt Graham to Deliver Keynote at MTI Global Solutions Symposium 2024
6 Tube to Tube Joint Application for Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
14 AsiaTAC Update
15 EuroTAC Update
16 AmeriTAC Update
18 FEA Used to Verify Fillet Welded Patch Plate Repairs for Corrosion Under Pipe Supports
24 Industry Icon Salot Still Turns to MTI Forum for Answers
25 MTI Global Solutions Symposium 2024 — Call for Exhibitors
26 200 Series Stainless Steels in the Chemical Process Industry
28 2023 Scholarship Recipients Announced
29 MTI 2024 Scholarship Applications
30 Refractory Reliability and Life Cycle Strategy of Process Furnaces and Vessels
40 Last Call for 2023 MTI Value Award Submissions

Issue 1: Responding to Industry Demand
MTI Developing High Purity Learning Session
3 Technical Knowledge at Your Fingertips
5 How Shifting Perspective Can Improve CUI Program Efficiency
6 Hatch Brings Unique Materials Engineering Expertise to MTI
8 AsiaTAC Report*
9 EuroTAC to Discuss Use Restriction of PFAS Materials
10 AmeriTAC Update
11 One-step Method Produces Robust Superhydrophobic Surfaces
18 MTI Global Solutions Symposium 2024 – Call for Presentations
19 MTI Global Solutions Symposium 2024 – Call for Exhibitors
20 Project Champions Spotlight
22 Update your MTI CONNECT Subscription – New User Portal
23 Remembering Sophie Wastiaux
28 Dual Laminate and FRP Course Scheduled in Saudi Arabia this Spring

Past Issues

2022

	Issue 3: MTI Processing Industry Projects Deliver Value 3 MTI Honors the Memory of Robert Sinko 4 MTI Elects 2022–23 Board of Directors 5 Ed Naylor Named 19th MTI Fellow 6 MTI Processing Industry Projects Deliver Value 14 Stainless Steel’s Sustainable Advantage in the CPI 17 FRP & Dual Laminate Training and EuroTAC Fall 2022 Meeting a Success in Amsterdam 18 AsiaTAC Holds 2022 Fall Meeting and Training Program In Person 19 Three MTI Member Companies Undergo Transitions 20 MTI 2022 Awards Banquet Highlights Member Accomplishments 23 EuroTAC Associate Director Patrice Houlle Retires 24 Project Champion Spotlight 32 Best Practices for Reactive and Refractory Metals Available to Public
	Issue 2: PFA Sheets Used to Reduce Refinery Maintenance Costs (p 22) 3 MTI Website Upgrades 4 MTI Board Approves $480,000 Toward Projects in June 6 MTI’s Project Process 7 New MTI Supplier Member AGRU Eager to Participate 8 Hardness Conversion of Duplex Stainless Steel Between the Rockwell C and Vickers Scales 13 AsiaTAC Update 14 EuroTAC Delivers Successful Spring Meeting 16 Project Champions Spotlight 18 Working With and Without Subject Matter Experts 20 MTI Hires Ganschow and Kirchheiner as Associate Directors 22 PFA Sheets Used to Reduce Refinery Maintenance Costs 32 MTI 2023 Scholarships Open for Applications Download Now
	Issue 1: Renewable Diesel: A Hot Industry Topic (p 8) 3 Allain Transitions to MTI Executive Director 4 Whitcraft Retires as Executive Director 6 MTI Welcomes Phillips 66 to Membership 7 FRP & Dual Laminate Training Course 12 Failure Analysis of Natural Gas Compressor Turbine Blades 20 Predicting the Internal Corrosion Rate of a Free Water Knockout Vessel 24 MTI Board Approves Funding of Four Projects 26 MTI Draws In-Person Attendance for Symposium 2022 28 Member Accomplishments a Highlight at MTI Awards Ceremony 32 MTI Announces 2022 Scholarship Recipients 34 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download 40 MTI Website Updates Coming Soon Download Now

2021

	Issue 1: Reactive and Refractory Metals Best Practices – A Unique Resource (page 12) 3 Curtis Huddle Appointed to MTI Board of Directors 4 MTI Global Symposium 2022 8 New MTI Supplier Member Fluor Eager to Collaborate 10 AsiaTAC and EuroTAC Continuing Meetings and Project Work Amid the Pandemic 14 External Corrosion and Cracking of Stainless Steel Equipment and Pipes 18 Forthcoming Changes to High Temperature Property Data 22 Atmospheric Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel in Marine Environment 29 RFID Technology for Wear Monitoring of Non-metallic Pipes 32 Project Champions Spotlight with Maricela Johnson 34 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download 40 MTI Mentor Match Offers Virtual Networking Download Now
	Issue 2: Sulfide Stress Cracking of a Pipe in a Sour Gas Processing Plant (page 8) 3 Steve Springer Named MTI Fellow 4 Focus on Technical Learning 6 Mistras Group, Asset Protection Industry Leader, Joins MTI 12 MTI Symposium 2022 Knowledge Management Keynote Announced 14 Project Champions Spotlight with Maurice Wadley 16 Fracture Toughness and Weldability of High Temperature Alloys Literature Review Results in New Potential Project 18 MTI Names 2021 Scholarship Recipients 20 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download 24 MTI to Conduct Electronic Voting for Annual Meeting 28 MTI Scholarship Applications for 2022 Open September 1 Download Now
	Issue 3: Practical Knowledge and Innovative Solutions for the Process Industries – Special Symposium Issue (page 3) 16 Commemorating Commitment 18 Albemarle Celebrates 40-Year Anniversary at MTI 22 Oaks and Wadley Elected to MTI BOD 22 George Donald Retires from BOD 23 MTI’s Return to In-Person Meetings 24 Piping Systems and Circuits Enhance Mechanical Integrity Programs 28 Dual Laminate Program Provides Hands-on Learning Opportunity 30 PEKK and grafted PVDF 34 MTI Associate Director Pradip Khaladkar Retires 35 Dale Keeler Hired as Associate Director 36 Project Champions Spotlight 38 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download Download Now

2020

Issue 1: Business Continuity in the Age of Coronavirus (page 18)

4 Former Board Member and Avid MTI Fan Robert Sinko Named Fellow
8 A Major Plant Upgrade Project for Reduction of Emissions
14 Leading AsiaTAC – Chair TP Cheng Discusses Strategy
16 MTI Delivers Successful 2020 Symposium
18 Business Continuity in the Age of Coronavirus
22 Project Champions Spotlight
24 MTI Announces 2020 Scholarship Winners
26 MTI Releases Updated TAC Bulletins

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Issue 2: MTI Provides Ongoing Membership Value Amid Global Pandemic (page 6)
6 MTI Virtual Training Programs
8 Reactive and Refractory Metals Book Project
Nearing Completion
14 Project Champions Spotlight
16 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download
20 MTI to Launch New Online Mentoring Program Fall 2020
21 Guidance for Failure Mechanisms

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Issue 3: Corrosion Control Documents Provide Foundational Element of Mechanical Integrity Programs (page 16)
6 Dual Laminate Training Program to Share Best Practices
8 Nelson and Rentsch: AmeriTAC’s New Leadership Team
10 Building MTI’s Additive Manufacturing Knowledge Base
11 Best Practices for Working with SMEs Project Underway
12 Titanium Grade 12 – UNS R53400
19 MTI Hires Daniel Rasmussen to Fill New Membership
Communications and Marketing Manager Position
20 Project Champion Spotlight with Abdulmohsin Al-Sahli
22 Technical Bulletins Available for Public Download

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