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There are 77 news releases related to tube and pipe production.
Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has added Mark Prasek as vice president of sales and marketing. He has spent the last 16 years in the tube and pipe industry, working for both Yoder Mfg. and EFD Induction.
The company manufactures tube and pipe mills, roll forming machines, cutoff mach...
11/11/08
Four-time shuttle astronaut and United Space Alliance COO Dan Brandenstein visited Plymouth Tube Co.'s Trent Plant in East Troy, Wis., in recognition of the AL-6XN® tubing provided for NASA's Constellation program.
Brandenstein presented the mill with a certificate of appreciation on behalf...
10/14/08
Mayville Eng. Co. (MEC), a contract manufacturer in Mayville, Wis., has acquired the assets of Fabricating Specialists LLC, a manufacturer of formed tubular components and assemblies for the agricultural, architectural, construction, industrial, small-engine, recreational, and sports/fitness markets...
9/16/08
Ohio Gratings Inc., Canton, Ohio, has announced a new division of its company, called OGi Architectural Metal Solutions. The division has been created to expand into the architectural metals market, providing aluminum, carbon, and stainless steel products for projects requiring architectural applica...
9/16/08
Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill., recently opened a new facility, Tech Center East, in Rochester Hills, Mich.
Tech Center East is involved in developing hydraulic hybrid systems that are being tested to conserve energy and reduce the environmental impact of vehicles. The facility also p...
7/15/08
Roll-Kraft's safety record recently was reviewed by the Lake County Safety Council in Ohio. As a result, the Mentor, Ohio, company received an award for having no lost-time injuries during the rating period.
Quarterly meetings and annual training help emphasize safety in Roll-Kraft's operations. ...
7/15/08
Tekno/Tube Arabia: 9th International Trade Fair for Industrial Machinery, Metalworking, Machine Tools, Dies/Molds, Tubes, and Pipes is scheduled to run Jan. 11-14, 2009, at the Dubai International Exhibition Center in the United Arab Emirates. The event will be organized jointly by Al Fajer Informat...
6/17/08
Plymouth Tube Co., Warrenville, Ill., has appointed Gavin Ford as general manager of its hot mill in Winamac, Ind.
Ford previously worked for Prestolite Wire Corp.; while there he held the positions of director of manufacturing and sourcing, Asia, and director of manufacturing, Canadian operation...
5/15/08
Warren Steel Holdings, Warren, Ohio, announced that it completed the hot commissioning of its vacuum tank degasser and related systems.
The system is fully operational, and the company has begun shipping degassed material to its customers. The low-pressure environment of the degassing operation a...
2/12/08
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit space than any previous FABTECH. Filling 461,627 sq. ft. of booth space, the show attracted nearly 31,000 visitors from more than 75 countries, a 27 percent...
1/15/08
Tube Russia 2008, an international tube and pipe trade fair, is scheduled to run May 27–30 at the ZAO Exhibition Center in Moscow. The event will be organized jointly by Messe Düsseldorf and ZAO Expocentr, with the support of the International Tube Association (ITA). Exhibit categories will include ...
1/15/08
Roll-Kraft hosted nearly 100 tube and pipe and roll forming manufacturers during its two-day training sessions at the company’s headquarters in Mentor, Ohio. The event was conducted by Robert A. Sladky, the company's vice president of tube mill engineering; Chuck Summerhill, vice president of U.S. o...
11/6/07
Villacero, Monterrey, Mexico, has formed a global business venture, Villacero Commercial Intl. (VCI), to focus on North American and international expansion opportunities. The venture represents a major investment by the company in its marketing efforts, Villacero reports.
Based in Houston, VCI i...
10/9/07
The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and pipe, and welding equipment and technology, will return to McCormick Place in Chicago Nov. 11 to Nov. 14.
Cosponsored by the American Welding Society (AWS...
10/9/07
The Berg Steel Pipe Corp., Panama City, Fla., has chosen Mobile, Ala., as the site of the company's planned $75 million pipe manufacturing facility. The plant is expected to create about 100 jobs.
Manufacturing large-diameter pipes for the oil and gas industry, the facility will have a pipe fabri...
9/11/07
The Columbus, Ind., plant of AK Tube LLC, an AK Steel subsidiary, has received the Safety Award of Merit from the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA), Rockford, Ill. The award recognizes companies that provide a safe work environment for employees.
The plant's 2006 illness and in...
9/11/07
Plymouth Tube Co., Warrenville, Ill., has announced that an agreement has been achieved for the acquisition of Trent Tube from Crucible Materials Corp. effective August 11, 2007. The purchase includes the Trentweld Plant, East Troy, Wis., and the Trent Processing Plant, Chicago. Previously, Plymou...
8/14/07
Veridiam, San Diego, has acquired Allied Swiss Screw Products, Oceanside, Calif.
Veridiam is a provider of EDM services; milled and turned components; welded and drawn tubing; metal and tubular components; and assemblies. The company's products and services are used in aerospace, nuclear power, m...
8/7/07
The parallel staging of Metallurgy-Litmash, Tube Russia, and Aluminium/Non-Ferrous 2007 offered 52,500 sq. ft. of exhibit space—50 percent more than last year—to 300 exhibitors from 26 countries. The event had exhibitors from Austria, China, Germany, and Italy, as well as 13,500 visitors...
8/7/07
Messe Düsseldorf has announced the Shanghai New International Expo Center will host Tube China Sept. 23-26, 2008. Messe Düsseldorf China will organize the event.
Planned exhibit categories include tube manufacturing machinery; raw materials; tubes and accessories; used machinery; p...
7/10/07
Brown Gibbons Lang & Company has sold Western Pneumatic Tube Co. (WPT), a portfolio company of Superior Group Inc., to Tinicum Capital Partners II, L.P., a private equity fund managed by New York-based Tinicum Capital Partners.
WPT, based in Kirkland, Wash., is a manufacturer of large diameter, l...
5/8/07
Bronx Taylor Wilson Limited has announced that it has manufactured and shipped what it says reputedly is the world's largest 10-roll tube straightening machine constructed with five pairs of geometrically opposed rolls.
Contracted to supply several items of pipe production and finishing equipmen...
3/13/07
Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., a provider of tube bending and forming systems, has introduced a new 5-year warranty program.
The warranty covers new machinery, including the company's line of CNC tube benders, end formers, and muffler equipment.
1/9/07
Faray Petroleum Steel Pipe Co. Ltd., Dongying, China has installed an API pipe mill equipped with a CFI 1000 Thermatool induction welding unit which achieves welds at a frequency of 230 kHz.
Three VIP 500-kW, 1-kHz annealing units also are included. The annealing units are equipped with a seam t...
12/12/06
IPSCO Inc. has announced the completion of its acquisition of NS Group Inc., a manufacturer of seamless and welded oilfield tubular goods, following a favorable vote by NS Group shareholders.
This transaction represents a strategic opportunity for IPSCO to broaden its energy product offering, the...
12/4/06
The Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA), and its flagship magazine, TPJ – The Tube & Pipe Journal®, announce their upcoming TPJ Symposium, to be held March 14-16, 2007, at Disney's Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
The multispeaker conference will explore best practices and technolog...
10/17/06
The Timken Co. today announced its intention to exit its European seamless steel tube manufacturing operations located in Desford, England, as part of its strategy to manage its business portfolio to improve performance. The company will begin consultations with representatives of the 400 associates...
10/12/06
RathGibson, Janesville, Wis., has acquired Greenville Tube Co., Greenville, Pa., a supplier of specialty stainless steel and nickel-alloy tubing to the oil and gas, chemical, petrochemical, transportation, agriculture, medical, and food and beverage industries.
Greenville Tube was founded in 195...
10/10/06
Tube 2006, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, attracted 28,600 attendees, an increase of 7.5 percent compared with the previous event held in 2004.
The visitors came from 76 countries, with 50 percent arriving from countries other than Germany. The majority of in...
9/12/06
PTCAlliance Corp., Wexford, Pa., has completed the necessary steps to implement its prepackaged plan of reorganization and has successfully emerged from Chapter 11.
Under the plan, the company’s senior lenders have exchanged their prepetition debt for all of the equity in the reorganized company....
9/12/06
Addison Machine Engineering, Reedsburg, Wis., has added Courtney Fassel and Tom Onate to its engineering department.
The addition of Fassel increases the department's drafting capacity, while Onate brings many years of experience in roll tooling inspection....
8/8/06
Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corp., Perrysburg, Ohio, in cooperation with Universal Controls Group, has completed a roll form line for the Batesville Casket Co.
The line comprises a Tishken 25-ton prepunch with feeder, a Tishken MW2 roll former, and a Tishken cutoff with a U-Trak length co...
8/8/06
Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, recently completed a series of seminars for manufacturers of tube and pipe and roll forming equipment.
In addition to regional seminars held in Los Angeles, the company offers the option to hold seminars in a company's facilities for its own employees. This instruction i...
8/8/06
Graebener Group Technologies LLC, Napoleon, Ohio, a joint venture between Automatic Feed Company (AFCo), Graebener Maschinentechnik GmbH and REIKA GmbH, has announced the appointment of Richard A. Marando as president. In this position, Marando is responsible for supervising all company operations ...
6/27/06
Michigan Seamless Tube LLC, South Lyon, Mich., has named Michael Rinker as president and CEO.
Rinker has spent 28 years in the stainless steel industry, most recently as president of North American Div. of Outokumpu Stainless. He spent 20 years at Outokumpu and its predecessor companies, Avesta-S...
6/13/06
The Lincoln Electric Company has received the President's "E Star" Award for Exports in recognition of its achievement in supporting export growth in the U.S. business community. The award was presented by Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez to John M. Stropki, Lincoln's chairman and CEO, May 23,...
6/2/06
Macsteel Service Centers USA Inc., owned by the global steel company Macsteel Holdings of South Africa, has announced that it is constructing a $10 million metals manufacturing and distribution facility in Tucson, Ariz. The company plans to hire 25 employees within the next few years, with possible ...
4/17/06
Today Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Roanoke Electric Steel Corp. The transaction closed on April 11, 2006, immediately following approval of the transaction by Roanoke stockholders.
The combined companies now will operate five electri...
4/12/06
Hydro Aluminum, Baltimore, has named Tony Amendola as general sales fabrication manager for the company's Midwest region.
Amendola is responsible for developing new fabrication business for the company's Kalamazoo, Mich., and North Liberty, Ind., facilities. The company recently added CNC machine...
4/11/06
IPSCO Inc., Lisle, Ill., as part of its planned capital expenditures for 2006, has approved the $17.7 million expenditure for the installation of a vacuum degasser at its Montpelier, Iowa, steelworks to provide a more extensive range of steel products.
The vacuum degasser is a metallurgical refin...
4/11/06
Messe Düsseldorf, organizer of international trade fairs for the wire, cable, and tube and pipe industries, has become the co-organizer of TUBOTECH 2007, an international tube, fittings, pipes, valves, and components trade fair to be held Oct. 2-4, 2007, in São Paulo, Brazil.
Messe Düsseldorf is ...
4/11/06
Steel Dynamics Inc. today announced plans to add additional production capacity at its Columbia City, Ind., mini mill that will allow the plant to produce a higher volume of rail products and add lighter weight structural shapes and merchant bars to its product offerings. The mill's current primary ...
4/10/06
Nucor Corp. announced today that it has entered into an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Connecticut Steel Corp. for a cash purchase price of approximately $43 million, subject to post-closing adjustments. Finalization of the acquisition will occur after satisfactory resolut...
3/21/06
For the second year in a row, Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has completed its annual ISO 9001:2000 certification with no major or minor nonconformities.
Roll-Kraft manufactures equipment for the tube, pipe, and roll forming industries.
3/7/06
Lincoln Electric Co., Cleveland, has announced its NASCAR® Fantasy Weekends Sweepstakes, that offers individuals a chance to win one of three NASCAR prizes.
The grand prize is a VIP race package for the Nextel Cup Allstate 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Aug. 6, 2006. The package i...
3/7/06
Hydro Aluminum, Baltimore, has named Mike Byrum as director of business development for the St. Augustine, Fla., extruded products operation, and Allan Bennett as vice president of sales and marketing for the Ellenville, N.Y., extrusion operation.
Byrum has more than 20 years' experience in the i...
3/7/06
Accumet Materials Co., Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., offers precision fabrication of tantalum and other refractory metals such as molybdenum and tungsten using various processing techniques.
Tantalum offers corrosion resistance to most acids, bases, and liquid metals and can be easily worked at room te...
2/7/06
Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment, Perrysburg, Ohio, has announced the opening of another division company, Universal Controls Group USA, which specializes in mill control systems.
Universal Controls has built multimotor drive systems exceeding 1,000 HP. The drives are self-contained, eliminati...
2/7/06
AK Steel, Middletown, Ohio, has invested $8.5 million at its wholly owned subsidiary, AK Tube LLC, to produce large-diameter stainless tubing that will assist heavy-truck manufacturers in meeting new standards for diesel emissions. The company said the investment includes a resistance weld tube mill...
2/7/06
Ryerson Inc. has confirmed that its previously announced corporate name now is in effect as is the concurrent adoption of the ticker symbol "RYI" for its common stock listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Previously the company was named Ryerson Tull, Inc. and traded under the ticker symbol "RT" ...
1/10/06
Mazak Optonics, Schaumburg, Ill., hosted a real-time software theater at FABTECH Intl./AWS that demonstrated the use of FG CAD/CAM software for programming of pipe parts. Spectators interacted with the technicians performing the demonstrations, programmed a pipe part, and watched the part be cut on ...
1/10/06
Thermatool Corp., East Haven, Conn., has announced the start-up of a CFI 1200 solid-state induction welding machine at Alpine Pipe Mfg. Sdn. Bhd., Malaysia.
It is installed on a new pipe mill supplied by Nakata Mfg. Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan. The mill produces API and structural pipes up to 18-in. ...
1/10/06
Mueller Industries Inc. announced today that it has acquired a 50.5 percent joint venture interest in China to manufacture copper tube, primarily to serve the Chinese domestic OEM air conditioning market as well as complement the company's U.S. product line. The joint venture will produce inner gro...
12/12/05
The Board of Directors of Ryerson Tull Inc. has appointed Dennis J. Keller to the company's board of directors.
Keller is chairman of the board of DeVry Inc. and DeVry University Inc. DeVry Inc. is the holding company for DeVry University, Ross University, Deaconess College of Nursing, and Becke...
11/23/05
Titanium Metals Corp. (TIMET) has announced the formation of XI'AN BAOTIMET VALINOX TUBES CO. LTD., an equity joint venture company formed to produce welded titanium tubing in the Peoples Republic of China. TIMET entered into the joint venture to better position itself to take advantage of the exp...
11/23/05
United Tube Corp., Medina, Ohio, has named J.M. Bretz as vice president.
In his new position, Bretz is responsible for the sales and marketing throughout the U.S. and Canada. He has been with the company for 37 years and previously was the manager of sales.
United Tube Corp. manufactures mec...
11/8/05
IPSCO, Lisle, Ill., has announced an expansion to the current oil country tubular goods heat treat capacity at its Calgary, Alberta,plant. In addition, the company has announced the increase of its casing product range through modifications to tubular operations at both the Calgary and Regina, Saska...
10/11/05
Plymouth delivers heat exchangers to U.S. Department of Energy
Plymouth Tube Co., Warrenville, Ill., is preparing to ship the final orders of the SEA-CURE® heat exchanger tubing to the Department of Energy (DOE). The tubing is being used to retube 33 heat exchanger units at the DOE’s Strategic Petr...
10/11/05
Dofasco Inc., Hamilton, Ont., announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of certain assets of Copperweld Holding Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., through a transaction with Atlas Tube Inc. of Harrow, Ont.
The transaction, which was announced on August 17, 2005, was completed ef...
10/4/05
U.S. pipe workers and seven standard pipe producers are being joined by members of Congress, steel suppliers, and customers in an effort to stop an unfair surge of China pipe imports at a public hearing before the International Trade Commission (ITC) Sept. 16.
The 30 pipe workers who will be at ...
9/15/05
Roll-Kraft recently completed its summer seminar series at its headquarters in Mentor, Ohio.
The tube and pipe seminar provided information on proper mill integrity and alignment, as well as roll design, setup, breakdown, fin sections, Copra FEA software, and tooling maintenance. The roll forming s...
9/13/05
Sharon Tube Co., Sharon, Pa., has announced a miltimillion dollar expansion to its Wheatland, Pa., cold draw facility.
Cold drawing equipment and 22,000 sq. ft. of production space will be added to the facility. The expansion is intended to increase the cold drawn size range to 6.250-in.-OD by 0.39...
8/9/05
Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, Charlotte, N.C., has launched its redesigned Web site.
The redesigned site provides customers with information related to the company's six product systems and includes prices, technical and installation data, drawings, material safety data sheets, and submittal data and...
7/12/05
Redman Mfg. Co., Ferndale, Mich., has changed its name to Tubesource.
According to President Brad VanderBrug, the name change is part of the company's plan to become a one-stop shop in the tube supply chain. The company plans to expand its offerings and to align strategically with mills to establis...
7/12/05
T&H Lemont, Countryside, Ill., has installed two WU11M-11 quick-change stainless steel tube mills.
The integrated mill systems can produce inline-bright-annealed products in diameters from 0.250 in. (6.4 mm) to 1 in. (25.4 mm) and wall thicknesses from 0.020 in. (0.5 mm) to 0.065 in. (1.6 mm). ...
7/12/05
IPSCO has appointed Linda D'Angelo as director, business development, of Canadian Tubular Products.
D'Angelo has more than 18 years' experience as a sales and marketing executive with extensive background in the sales process, revenue generation, and identification of new market segments and revenu...
6/14/05
SMS Demag Inc. has appointed Mario Fabro as North American sales manager — Long Product Rolling Mills. He is responsible for managing all sales of structural mills, wire rod and SBQ mills, and light structural and bar mills.
Fabro holds an aeronautical engineering degree from the Malenani Tec...
5/10/05
The Lincoln Electric Co. has been admitted into the Pipeline Research Council Intl. (PRCI) as an associate member.
The company joins General Electric as one of only two nonindustry members admitted to the PRCI. PRCI's board of directors approved a new category of associate membership for nonpipelin...
4/12/05
On January 4, 2005, Sharon Tube Co. was selected to participate in the U.S. Army's "Soldier to Supplier" program. The program recognizes key suppliers who support the Army's efforts by providing on-time, quality product.
The company produces the primer tube for the 120-mm ammunition round used in t...
3/8/05
Tex-Tube Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Villacero, a Mexican steelmaker and rebar producer, has named Isidro Cantu as general manager.
Cantu earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in business and brings a wealth of management experience from medium to large companies.
“We are proud to have M...
3/8/05
IPSCO Inc. today announced an investment of $3.5 million to set up a Frontier Pipe Research Unit specifically dedicated to accelerating development of the company's large diameter capability. The research capability will be used to focus on the specific steel and pipe needs for large diameter energy...
2/17/05
Plymouth Tube Co. has signed a letter of intent to acquire Trent Tube's cold work anneal (CWA) plant located in East Troy, Wis. Syracuse, N.Y.-based Crucible Materials Corp. is Trent Tube's parent company.
Trent Tube's Trentweld plant, located in East Troy, and its Trent Processing Plant, located i...
12/7/04
Victaulic Co., a producer of mechanical pipe joining systems, has launched its newly designed Web site intended to better serve the information needs of its worldwide customers in the building services/HVAC, fire protection, mining, oilfield, plumbing, water and wastewater, and industrial markets.
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10/12/04
Independence Tube Corp., a structural tube producer, has announced plans for a new $30 million manufacturing facility to be built on the south bank of the Tennessee River in Decatur, Ala.
The 300,000-sq.-ft. facility will allow the company to supply its growing Southern market with structural ste...
7/13/04
Bronx International Inc., the parent company to Bronx/Taylor-Wilson and Abbey International Ltd., has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, and install a 630-mm ERW pipe mill and finishing line for Kingland Petroleum-Gas Pipeline Co. Ltd., Huzhou, City, China. The production line, which is...
6/8/04
Fine Tubes, a U.K.-based manufacturer of seamless, welded and drawn stainless steel, and nickel- and titanium-alloy tubes, has appointed Dr. Steve McCoy as oil and gas marketing manager.
McCoy has a Ph.D. in metallurgy and considerable experience in alloy development and process application....
5/4/04
The Lincoln Electric Co. is holding a Pipeline Process Solutions seminar July 13-15 at its headquarters in Cleveland. The no-cost seminar, which will cover pipeline welding technologies and consumables, will be repeated at the same location Nov. 2-4.
Lincoln pipe welding experts will be on hand d...
5/4/04
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