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Caparo Bull Moose Inc., a Chesterfield, Mo.-based manufacturer, has created two new senior management positions for its tubular products subsidiary, Bull Moose Tube. Ross A. Erickson has joined the company as sales director - distribution and John W. Phillipp has been named sales director - OEM....
Canada-based Russel Metals Inc., a distributor of tube, pipe, and other metal products, has entered into an agreement to acquire Sanborn Tube Sales of Wisconsin Inc., a metals service center with a heavy emphasis in value-added processing. The Sanborn operation, based in Pewaukee, Wis., is situated...
Profile Precision Extrusions, a provider of small, complex aluminum extrusions and extruded aluminum tubing, has moved into a 100,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility. Located in Phoenix, the new building is more than twice the size of the company’s former facility. The manufacturer plans to make...
BGS Group held its 2020 Transportation Oil and Gas Congress as a two-day online event, Nov. 16-17. It included more than 400 participants involved in oil and gas; pipeline operation; and engineering, procurement, and construction. BGS Group created the online platform to give congress participants...
It seems that nearly every industrial machine has automated options these days, and tube and pipe mills are no exception. Michigan-based Dundee Products recently invested in such a mill that uses tooling that automatically changes to new positions when changing to a new product size.
Tube producers need the weld seam straight up at the 12 o’clock position, but in some cases, after it’s welded they need it move it to some other location along the tube’s circumference. Many use a pair of football-shaped rolls installed in place of the first sizing pass, but another option is to use a seam orientation stand, a unit built specifically for this purpose.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Messe Düsseldorf has canceled the wire and Tube trade fairs scheduled for December 2020.
The next editions of these two international trade fairs for the wire, cable, and tube industries will be held in their traditional cycle in 2022.
Fives has installed an OTO 606HQ tube mill at Productos Especializados de Acero (PEASA) in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The mill produces cold-drawn tubes from high-yield material for applications in the automotive industry. The machine can process round tubes with high yield strength (up to 900 MPa)...
Delta Steel Technologies has received an order from carbon steel supplier Steel and Pipe Supply, Manhattan, Kan., for a stretch leveler. The 1/2- by 96-in. machine will produce a variety of panel flat products, including hot-rolled, hot-rolled pickled and oiled, and cold-rolled steel. The...
Held with strict hygiene protocols, the 2020 staging of Tube China, International Tube & Pipe Trade Fair, ran successfully in Shanghai, Sept 23-26. At the event, 221 exhibitors showcased their products and technologies on 193,750 sq. ft. of exhibit space to 36,552 trade visitors. Because of...
T.D. Williamson (TDW), Tulsa, Okla., has announced that Chairman Emeritus Richard B. “Dick” Williamson has received the International Pipeline Conference (IPC) Lifetime Achievement Award. This award recognizes a “person or group that has demonstrated through their work and actions that the...
Lerman Enterprises, South Bend, Ind., has announced the purchase of Welded Tubes Inc. (WTI), Orwell, Ohio, a producer of high-volume, small-diameter, tight-tolerance tubing for the automotive industry. WTI joins Lerman Enterprises’ Lock Joint Tube Co. (LJT), a manufacturer of mechanical and...
Among the various industrial segments reeling from the COVID-19 crisis, oil and gas is one of the hardest-hit. For tube and pipe fabricators in the oil and gas supply chain, now is a good time to prepare for the price rebound that will come eventually.
Wallingford, Conn.-based Ametek Specialty Metal Products has appointed Dylan Nestor as its new manufacturing manager for strip. He brings to the position experience in process engineering, continuous improvement, and operations leadership. In his previous role, Nestor was responsible for the...
The wire & Tube 2020 tradeshows, sponsored by Messe Düsseldorf, will take place Dec. 7-11 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. Dr. Gunther Voswinckel, president of the International Tube Association (ITA), supports the staging of wire & Tube 2020: “We welcome this decision and look...
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start your free subscriptionAfter Ludlow Manufacturing Inc. (LMI) received The Fabricator's 2024 Industry Award, Todd Ludlow, founder and president of the...
The Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.