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McNichols Co., a supplier and fabricator of perforated and expanded metals, wire mesh, and gratings, has opened its 19th metals service center. The 21,000-sq.-ft. facility in Draper, Utah, brings the company’s total operational square footage to 725,000. The new facility maintains an inventory of...
Sweden-based Sandvik has appointed Göran Björkman as the new president of Sandvik Materials Technology and a member of Sandvik's group executive management team. He succeeds Petra Einarsson, who is leaving the company for an external assignment. Björkman has been with the company since 1990 and...
The International Titanium Association (ITA) has announced the death of Stanley Abkowitz, an award-winning pioneer in the U.S. titanium metals industry and the founder of Dynamet Technology Inc., on Oct. 29. He was 90 years old. A 1948 graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),...
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that its Nucor Steel Memphis Inc. division has been certified by Caterpillar Inc. at the platinum level through its Supplier Quality Excellence Process. Nucor Steel Memphis has supplied Caterpillar with engineered long bar in carbon and alloy grades since...
Commercial Metals Co., Irving, Texas, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, CMC Steel Fabricators Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of MMFX Technologies Corp., a provider of proprietary specialty steel products. Irvine, Calif.-based MMFX’s products include its ChrōmX line...
Steelscape’s Kalama, Wash., facility has received the National Coil Coating Association’s 2017 Safety Award. The NCCA Safety Committee selected Steelscape, a national supplier of metallic-coated and prepainted steel, from 40 plants that were considered for the award. Entries were judged on data...
Mill Steel Co., a distributor of flat-rolled carbon steel in Grand Rapids, Mich., has promoted Joe Poot from vice president of purchasing to senior vice president. Poot started his career with the company 18 years ago as assistant controller. Shortly thereafter he advanced to business unit...
Sweden-based Sandvik has signed a contract for the supply of stainless steel tubes required for 155 miles of umbilicals. The contract value is approximately $85.5 million, and deliveries will take place from the end of 2017 through the first half of 2018. Umbilical systems are connections used to...
Direct Metals, an international steel service center with locations in Kennesaw, Ga., and Waukegan, Ill., has supplied 6,865 sq. ft. of decorative louvered aluminum expanded metal for the railings of the Fontainebleau Terrace in Panama City Beach, Fla. The 6- by 0.081-in. decorative metal, powder...
Cortec® has introduced EcoWeave®, a tarp-like film that protects heavy, raw metal materials and finished products against corrosion. The film is produced in-house, allowing for custom sizes and small orders. Made from the same type of woven polyolefin film used to wrap lumber, the product offers...
Ovako has introduced Hybrid Steel®, which offers the properties of tool steel, maraging steel, and stainless steel, as well as the production economy of engineering steel. It takes its name from the simultaneous hardening by both carbides and intermetallic precipitations. According to the company,...
Kloeckner Metals Corp., a producer and independent distributor of steel and metal products based in Roswell, Ga., has expanded its plant in Greenville, S.C., with the installation of a 50,000-sq.-ft. bay with 43-ton cranes and a new automated slitting line for processing AHSS and aluminum. The $11...
Solar Atmospheres has announced that Jamie Jones, president, has received the Metal Treating Institute (MTI) Distinguished Service Award for 2017. Jones has served on the institute’s board of governors since 2013 and on a variety of committees, including the Education Committee and NextGen...
Parker Steel Co., a distributor of metric-dimensioned metals in Maumee, Ohio, has named James (Jamie) Kaufman as sales manager. Kaufman graduated from Ohio University with a degree in finance and has served in sales and business development and sales management positions at Eleetus, Impact Business...
The Specialty Steel Industry of North America (SSINA), Washington, D.C., has appointed Steve Letnich, vice president of sales – Americas with Outokumpu Stainless, as the chairman of its market development committee. Letnich has more than 25 years of experience in the industry, having held...
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.