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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...
Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., Portland, Ore., has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the 2018 World’s Most Ethical Companies®. This is the fourth consecutive year the company has earned this recognition, which honors companies that operate with purpose and incorporate...
The U.S. manufacturing economy is improving, and the Trump administration is considering possible tariffs on imported steel. As a result, steel prices are climbing, and that likely will remain the case in the near term.
Secretary Wilbur Ross has released reports on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s investigations into the impact on U.S. national security from imports of steel mill products and from imports of wrought and unwrought aluminum. These investigations were carried out under Section 232 of the Trade...
London-based Primetals Technologies Ltd., a worldwide engineering, manufacturing, and life cycle services provider for the metals industry, has named Satoru Iijima as CEO and chairman of the board, effective April 1. Since 2015 he has served as president/CEO of Primetals Technologies USA LLC....
Specialty steel service center Chicago Tube and Iron, Romeoville, Ill., has promoted Scott Langford to the position of corporate director of logistics. In this role he will work to move the company from a model in which transportation is a cost of doing business to a new approach in which logistics...
Holton Crest Ltd. offers three models of continuous rotary extrusion machines for processing aluminum and copper. The HC1100 is designed for small section products and small-volume production. It is suitable for small tubes, magnet wire, and small copper profiles. The HC2200 offers midrange...
The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association Intl. and Tube & Pipe Association, both of Elgin, Ill., along with 13 other trade associations representing more than 30,000 U.S. steel-using manufacturers that employ 1 million American workers, have sent a letter to President Trump and other senior...
The U.S. Department of Commerce has begun new antidumping duty (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) investigations to determine whether imports of large-diameter welded pipe from Canada, China, Greece, India, Korea, and Turkey are being dumped in the U.S. and if producers are receiving unfair...
Steel producer SMS group North America and Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) have signed an agreement creating the Arkansas Steelmaking Academy (ASA), which will begin offering training in 2019. With the opening of Big River Steel, northeastern Arkansas has one of the highest regional...
Primetals Technologies has received an order from steel producer ArcelorMittal México S.A. de C.V. to supply a hot strip mill and a hot skin pass mill for its production site in Ciudad Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán State, Mexico. This will enable ArcelorMittal Lázaro Cárdenas to process the...
Specialty Strip & Oscillating Inc., a supplier of conventional slit and oscillate coils in Masury, Ohio, has announced new slitting capabilities. The company manufactures coils in cold-rolled low-carbon, high-carbon, alloy, and stainless steel that can run 20 to 25 miles continuously. One of the...
STI/SPFA, Lake Zurich, Ill., has recognized member companies in three product categories with its Steel Water Pipe Awards for 2017. Winning projects were chosen based on how well they promote the value of steel fabrication, originality and versatility, design and engineering, and visual appeal....
Sandvik has announced plans to invest about $25 million in a new plant for manufacturing titanium and nickel fine metal powders. The facility will be located in Sandviken, Sweden, near the company’s in-house titanium raw material supply and the center for additive manufacturing. It is expected to...
Hamilton, Ohio-based United Performance Metals has achieved certification to revision D of AS9100 and ISO 9001:2015. The scope of this registration includes the supply, processing, and distribution of stainless steel, titanium, and high-temperature alloy sheet, strip, coil, plate, bar, forgings,...
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.