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.
American Construction Metals, a provider of exterior metal building products, has announced it will open a 120,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing and distribution plant in Shawnee, Kan. The firm plans to hire 15 people initially and expects to employ 100 people by 2023. The plant will produce steel and...
Muskegon, Mich.-based coil anodized aluminum producer Lorin Industries Inc. celebrates its 75th anniversary in 2018. The third-generation, family-owned business states that it was the first continuous coil anodizing production line in North America. Today the company also offers special metal...
Ryerson Holding Corp., Chicago, a value-added processor and distributor of industrial metals, has acquired Fanello Industries, a privately owned metal service company located in Lavonia, Ga. Fanello supplies blanking, stamping, laser cutting, bending, and machining services to companies in the...
Chicago-based Zekelman Industries, a steel pipe and tube manufacturer, has announced its partial sponsorship of the mikeroweWORKS Foundation's 2018 Work Ethic Scholarship Program. The program awards scholarships to people attending trade schools to learn skills that are in demand, such as welding,...
Harvey, Ill.-based Atkore Intl. Group Inc. has sold the assets of FlexHead® Industries Inc. and SprinkFLEX LLC to Anvil Intl. LLC. The businesses manufacture commercial flexible sprinkler head connection products for use in industrial, commercial, cold storage, institutional, and clean room...
The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA), Washington, D.C., has joined forces with other U.S. manufacturers to warn President Trump and the U.S. Congress that newly enacted tariffs could harm American companies, workers, and consumers. SEMA member companies are concerned about higher...
Primetals has announced plans to close its two plants in Worcester, Mass., and consolidate its operations at one facility in Sutton, Mass. The new, 183,000-sq.-ft. plant will house the firm’s steel mill equipment manufacturing, R&D, and engineering and sales. About 275 employees will work at the...
Direct Metals, an international steel service center with locations in Kennesaw, Ga., and Waukegan, Ill., has provided 7,541-sq.-ft. of custom-cut, woven intercrimp wire mesh for the I-90 footbridge in Cleveland. The wire mesh is framed with U-edging and finished with a powder-coated black paint....
Global Advanced Metals Pty Ltd. (GAM), a producer of tantalum and niobium products, and LPW Technology, a manufacturer of metal powders for additive manufacturing (AM), have announced a cooperative agreement to demonstrate the suitability of spheroidized tantalum for 3-D metal printing. Across this...
Shawnee Tubing Solutions LLC (STS), Shawnee, Okla., has retained investment banking firm Equity Partners HG, Easton, Md., to assist in the sale and preservation of its business. STS, founded as Wolverine Tube Shawnee in 1974, is a manufacturer of copper tubing selling to manufacturers in the HVAC...
Braidy Industries Inc., a manufacturer of aluminum sheet and ultrahigh-strength and lightweight alloys for the mass transportation and defense industries, has announced that three new executives have joined the company’s initiative to build an aluminum rolling mill in Ashland, Ky. Shane Schuler...
Erie, Pa.-based Eriez® has released a white paper about producing low-copper steel with ballistic separators. “The Case for Producing Low-Copper Steel with Ballistic Separators,” written by Eriez Metals Recycling Market Manager Mike Shattuck and Eriez Recycling Product Manager Chris Ramsdell,...
The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced its procedures for excluding products from the recently announced tariffs on steel and aluminum product imports. The department has started accepting exclusion requests from U.S. industry. Instructions to submit an exclusion request can be found here....
History suggests that tariffs on imported metals are bad for steel-consuming customers, such as fabricators. However, with President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of tariffs, some fabricators are not rushing to judgment and willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt.
President Donald Trump got his wish and issued an almost-blanket tariff on steel imports. Then exemptions were made for Canada and Mexico. Then “flexibility and cooperation” for “friends” were promised. Now everyone is confused.
The Fabricator is North America's leading magazine for the metal forming and fabricating industry. The magazine delivers the news, technical articles, and case histories that enable fabricators to do their jobs more efficiently. The Fabricator has served the industry since 1970.
start your free subscriptionIn this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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.