Stainless Steel

Welded, seamless, structural, decorative and hygienic tube, from the UK's market leader in stainless tubular products.

Stainless steel tube is a category all of its own.

Structural work. Handrails and balustrades. Process pipework. Furniture and display. Hygienic food and pharma. Instrumentation. Decorative interiors. Each application asks something different of the material, the finish and the tolerance.

We hold more than 4,500 tubular items across the network, which makes us the UK's market leader in this sector.

Grades held in stock

1.4301/1.4307 (304/304L)

Austenitic workhorses. Excellent corrosion resistance, formability and weldability. The standard choice for general fabrication, architecture, structural and decorative applications.

1.4401/1.4404 (316/316L)

Molybdenum-added austenitic. Better chloride and pitting resistance. The marine, chemical, pharmaceutical and food-grade choice.

1.4512 (409)

Titanium-stabilised ferritic. The default for automotive exhaust systems, held in a limited size range from 35 to 63mm OD.

Other grades, including duplex and specialist alloys, available to order through our worldwide supplier base.

Types of tube we hold

Seamless tube to ASTM A269, in imperial sizes from 1/8" OD x 24swg to 4" OD x 1/4" wall, and metric sizes from 6mm OD x 0.5mm to 38mm OD x 4mm wall
Welded tube in a wide range of sizes and finishes
Instrumentation tube in straight lengths or coils of up to 1,000 metres, in 6mm, 8mm, 10mm and 12mm OD with heavy wall thicknesses
Hypodermic tube from 0.4mm to 5mm OD with wall thickness 0.05mm to 0.4mm
Decorative and ornamental tube in polished and satin finishes, round, square and rectangular
Structural tube in square and rectangular up to 250mm, plus round in a full range of sizes
Handrail and balustrade tube, including slotted tube for glazed systems
Hygienic tube to ASTM A270 and DIN 11850, from 1/2" to 4" OD, in 304/304L and 316/316L, in descaled, bright annealed and polished finishes
Water industry welded tube from 18mm OD x 1.5mm wall to 910mm OD x 5mm wall
Oval tube, most commonly 60mm x 33mm x 2mm wall

Forms and sizes

A wide range of outside diameters, wall thicknesses and section sizes, in metric and imperial. Non-standard sizes and specialist grades available to order.

Our cutting service

Cut to your length
Polishing available
Bending available
Quick lead times
Competitive pricing
No minimum order quantity

Why fabricators use Aalco for stainless steel tube

Market-leading range, backed by our 400-page Tubular Products Databook
Same-day collection and next-day delivery
No MOQ
Cutting, polishing and bending from our Service Centre network
Sourcing capability for specialist grades and non-standard sizes
Same supplier for sheet, plate, bar and STPF requirements
Certification to BS EN 10204 3.1 as standard

For pipe, fittings and flanges, see our Stainless Steel Pipe, Tube & Fittings page under Systems. For architectural handrail systems, see our Handrail Systems page.