The Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) serves the needs of professionals in the steel distribution industry.
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California Steel Industries Inc. (CSI), Fontana, Calif., is calling for President Trump to exclude semifinished steel (slabs) from the 25 percent tariffs he is expected to impose on steel imports as part of the administration's investigation under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act. CSI is a...
Tokyo-based Kobe Steel Ltd. has announced that CEO Hiroya Kawasaki and Executive Vice President Akira Kaneko have resigned effective April 1 following a scandal over the fabrication of data for products delivered to a variety of industries. The company also said it has discovered that more affected...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), Wauconda, Ill., cautions President Trump not to miss the opportunity to confront the real threat to the U.S. aluminum industry: China. AEC says that a global tariff on aluminum products will have the opposite effect than intended and actually play into...
The Trade Partnership, Washington, D.C., has published a brief that examines the potential net impacts on U.S. jobs across all industries of proposed tariffs applied to targeted steel and aluminum imports from all countries. “Does Import Protection Save Jobs?” finds that the tariffs would...
Chicago-based Zekelman Industries, an independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer and provider of modular construction technology, has announced that each of its 2,300 employees will receive a $1,000 annual bonus beginning when President Trump's planned steel trade policy changes take effect, for...
Ashland, Ky.-based Braidy Industries has purchased Veloxint, an ultrahigh-strength alloy and powder metallurgy provider in Framingham, Mass. Veloxint, now a wholly owned subsidiary of Braidy Industries, is led by CEO Dr. Alan Lund, who also assumes the role of Braidy Industries’ chief technology...
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), which represents the interests of the 1.4 million people employed in the U.S. fabricated metal product manufacturing industry, has issued a statement expressing disappointment in President Donald Trump’s announcement to levy a 25...
Steel Warehouse of Arkansas, a provider of production-ready steel sheets, blanks, and slit coil, has announced it will expand the facility on the campus of Big River Steel in Osceola, Ark., to include a Red Bud stretcher-leveler line. The new equipment is expected to be operational by the end of...
SMS has installed an advanced quench-and-temper facility heat-treatment line at TimkenSteel Corp.’s Gambrinus Steel Plant in Canton, Ohio, and the line has started full commercial production. The compact line can treat 10 tons per hour of bars and heavy-walled tubes up to 13 in. dia. It comprises...
In response to Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross' recently released recommendations to adjust aluminum imports, CTTF, a trade group committed to bringing attention to the issue of global aluminum overcapacity, has launched a campaign video titled "Aluminum Now-- Mr. President, Make U.S. Aluminum a...
Philadelphia-based Carpenter Technology Corp., a producer and distributor of specialty alloys, including titanium alloys, nickel- and cobalt-based superalloys, stainless steels, alloy steels, and tool steels, has purchased MB CalRAM LLC, a provider of powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing metal...
Rochester, N.Y.-based Klein Steel Service, a metals supplier and processing center, has named Mike Young as president/COO. He has nearly four decades of steel service center experience and has held the position of vice president/COO at Chatham Steel for more than 11 years. Before that he held...
Flack Global Metals, Chicago, and First American Resources, Atlanta, have announced plans to develop a new coil coating and metal processing facility in Athens, Ga. The 360,000-sq.-ft. facility will be designed for flatness/surface-critical applications in aluminum, stainless steel, and bare and...
Munich-based Matmatch has created what it says is the largest free materials database in the world to help bridge the gap between suppliers and purchasers. Users of the database at https://matmatch.com/ can research and compare materials by filtering on their physical, chemical, and thermal...
Braner/Loopco, Schiller Park, Ill., has received an order for a Turret Head™ slitting line from Austin, Texas-based United Steel Supply, a supplier of galvanized and prepainted steel coil for metal roofing and siding applications. The line will have the capacity to process high-strength coated...
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.