The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
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The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced the final decision in its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations into stainless steel flanges from India, imposing combined antidumping and countervailing duties of approximately 24 percent to 401.41 percent on Indian flanges. The decision...
Germany-based thyssenkrupp Schulte is expanding its Frankfurt site, which handles sales of carbon steel, stainless steel, and nonferrous metals. The expansion includes a larger high-bay warehouse and processing equipment.
About 65 employees currently work for the company in Frankfurt.
The Lex Group, a flat-rolled steel and metal distributor with locations in Chicago and Los Angeles, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The group currently distributes more than 240,000 tons of steel per year. In celebration of the milestone, the group held a company picnic Aug. 10 for employees,...
TimkenSteel Corp.’s board of directors has appointed Marvin Riley, COO of EnPro Industries, as an independent director. Eleven directors now serve on the board. Riley has held several positions at EnPro, including president of its Fairbanks Morse division, vice president of manufacturing, vice...
Synergy Steel has announced plans to open a 32,000-sq.-ft. facility in Lancaster, S.C., that is expected to create 139 jobs. The North Carolina-based manufacturer of steel studs, engineered floor and roof trusses, and wall panels for the construction industry is investing $2.8 million in the...
Pittsburgh-based aluminum producer Alcoa has requested exemption from the 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum. The company wants to exclude some of its Canadian-produced aluminum rolling slab from the tariff, citing the need for the product to meet demand. "Due to the unavailability of U.S....
Bossier City, La.-based McElroy Metal recently opened its 13th U.S. manufacturing facility. Located in the Diamond, Mo., the new plant provides products for the post-frame industry, as well as the architectural and commercial construction markets, to customers in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and...
Some companies are finding that they aren’t getting feedback about their requests for exclusions from the steel and aluminum tariffs, if they were able to pull together their exemption requests at all. As a result, Congress is calling on the Department of Commerce to get its act together.
The Hendrick group of companies has announced it has achieved ISO 9001:2015 at Hendrick Manufacturing of Carbondale, Pa.; Hendrick Metal Products, Elgin, Ill.; and Hendrick Screen Co., Owensboro, Ky. Hendrick Mfg. and Hendrick Metal Products are providers of perforated metals and high-precision...
Kloeckner Metals Corp. has announced that its Greenville, S.C., branch is the fifth to have been awarded an IATF 16949 management system certificate for processing flat-rolled steel, stainless, and aluminum, including slitting, cut-to-length, and configured blanks. The company’s other branches...
Chicago-based metals and logistics company Union Partners has announced that Lee Steel, Berg Steel, JIT Steel Service, and JIT Steel Transport will operate as Maksteel, and Opus Metals will change its name to Mak Specialty Metals. Now combined, Maksteel further expands its services in...
Metals service center Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all the issued and outstanding equity ownership interests of KMS Fab LLC in Luzerne, Pa., and KMS South Inc. in West Columbia, S.C. The companies offer precision sheet metal fabrication from prototypes to large...
Boomerang Tube LLC, an oil country tubular goods producer in Liberty, Texas, has purchased 100 percent of the ownership interests in Houston-based Southern Tube LLC (STL) from Nippon Steel & Sumikin Oil Field Services Inc. STL now operates as a wholly owned unit of Boomerang Tube. The acquisition...
Altair Eng. Inc. and the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) have announced the winners of the 6th annual Altair Enlighten Award. The awards honor the greatest achievements in vehicle weight savings each year. The winner in the Full Vehicle category is General Motors’ 2019 Chevrolet Silverado,...
Steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has purchased a minority equity position in the parent of Trion Coatings LLC, which is developing an environmentally friendly chrome-plating technology. As part of its investment, Nucor is working with Trion Coatings to commercialize the...
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The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
Follow the link below to find an AMPD member steel supplier near you.