http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_TechCell.cfm The Metals/Materials tech cell is packed with specific links to help you find product information, suppliers, technical articles, case studies, seminars and conferences, as well as books, software, and videos on metal fabricating-related topics. en-us http://www.thefabricator.com/RSS/images/thefabricator_rss.gif http://www.thefabricator.com Copyright 2008 FMA Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. official publication date Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:36:12 AM CST Vicki Bell Laurie Harshbarger http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2016 Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. has announced that it has begun the planning process for a capital project to expand its Jacksonville Steel Mill, located in Baldwin, Florida. The expansion is expected to add approximately 400,000 tons to the Gerdau Ameristeel Jacksonville rolling mill, matching the facility's recently expanded melting capacity of more than 1,000,000 tons. An engineering team is well into the planning process for the expansion; which is expected to be completed by 2010. The... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2014 The Steel Index weekly reference prices for steel coil products in the U.S. have surged to 12-month highs and continue to rise sharply. Prices for steel coil products in the U.S. have hit their highest levels for more than a year, according to the latest prices published by The Steel Index. Coil products are used in all sheet steel applications and account for around half of all steel consumed. The Steel Index reference price for U.S. domestic hot-rolled coil increased by a further US$... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2013 SteelBenchmarker™ reported that the U.S. hot-rolled band (HRB) spot price for Jan. 14 surged 6.1 percent to $659 per metric ton, FOB the mill, for the fifth consecutive rise. The world export HRB price surged 5.3 percent to $633 per ton, FOB the port of export, for the third consecutive rise. The Chinese HRB ex-works price rose 3.4 percent to $543 per ton, after slipping last time. The Western European HRB price surged 4.7 percent to $718 per ton, ex-works, for the second consecutive ri... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2011 Nucor Corp. has announced that is has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Duferco Group (Lugano, Switzerland) to establish a 50/50 joint venture to produce beams in Italy and distribute beams in Europe and North Africa. The two parties will immediately begin the tasks necessary in order to establish the joint venture company by mid 2008. The joint venture will encompass the Duferco Group's Duferdofin subsidiary and associated distribution companies. Final agreement to establish... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2005 Diamond Mfg. Co., Wyoming, Pa., a metal perforator, has acquired Stone Perforating Co., Chicago. The acquisition includes Chicago EDM, a Stone Perforating affiliate. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2003 Markin Tubing LP, Wyoming, N.Y., has re-engineered its Web site and changed the main URL. The site, at www.markin.com, includes a technical library of tube-related specifications, data, and process information. The company is working to strengthen its fabrication and engineering to help complement its core business in bulk steel tubing for the automotive, appliance, heat exchanger, and transportation industries. Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=2002 Lisa Jane Scheller, CEO of Silberline Manufacturing Co. Inc., Tamaqua, Pa., recently led a delegation of aluminum industry representatives to the 2007 China Aluminum Forum in Chengdu, China. A member of the Aluminum Association, Arlington, Va., board of directors, Scheller opened the 500-participant forum, chaired a meeting of U.S. aluminum suppliers and potential Chinese aluminum company suppliers, and co-chaired a joint meeting of the Aluminum Association and China Nonferrous Metals Industr... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=1997 Greer Steel, Dover, Ohio, recently completed one in a new series of upgrades, installing a 40-ton, top-running Zenar crane to service the company's pickling and primary slitting departments. The crane, which has a 110-ft. span, allows the company to receive larger coils, helping expand production capabilities from the beginning of the production line. Greer also plans to install a hot-rolled slitter—the 1/4-in. by 60-in. slitting line will be operational in the first quarter of ... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=1993 Heidtman Steel Products Inc., Toledo, Ohio, is constructing an additional 120,000-sq.-ft. building at its manufacturing operation in the Butler Industrial Corridor in Indiana. The building will house a light-gauge multiblanking line. Heidtman plans to invest $13.5 million in the facility and equipment, to add approximately 18 employees in the next two years, and to add a slitting line. Heidtman Steel currently has 510,000 sq. ft. of production space in the Butler Industrial Corridor. The comp... Read more http://www.thefabricator.com/MetalsMaterials/MetalsMaterials_News.cfm?NewsID=1990 AK Steel has advised its customers that a $265 per ton surcharge will be added to invoices for electrical steel products shipped in February 2008. February surcharges for the stainless steel products the company produces can be found on its Web site. The surcharges are based on reported prices for raw materials and energy used to manufacture the products, with the December 2007 purchase cost used to determine the February 2008 surcharges. Read more