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Lincoln Electric introduces pipeline welding productivity seminar

Published: February 17, 2010

Lincoln Electric is offering a day-long Pipeline Welding Productivity Seminar intended for pipeline industry professionals. The session takes...

Unison receives all-electric tube bender order from BAE Systems

Published: January 12, 2010

Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has received an order from BAE Systems Surface Ships for a large tube bending machine to support ongoing projects,...

Rafter Equipment now selling Takeco equipment

Published: January 12, 2010

Rafter Equipment Corp., Strongsville, Ohio, has formed a strategic alliance with Takeco Co. Ltd. of South Korea to sell and service Takeco's strip...

Harco receives ISO 9001 certification

Published: January 12, 2010

Harco Metal Products, Tempe, Ariz., has received ISO 9001 certification. The company supplies fabricated tubular design, components, and...

Tubotech 2009 attracts 16,500 visitors to Brazil

Published: January 12, 2010

At Tubotech 2009, 5th International Tube, Fittings and Components Fair, in Sao Paulo, more than 16,500 visitors came to see 320 companies from 15...

American Piping expands in Houston, hires CFO in St. Louis

Published: December 15, 2009

American Piping Products has expanded its Houston facility with a new sales and operations headquarters. The company is a supplier of heavy-wall...

Unison supplies all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing

Published: December 15, 2009

Unison, located in Scarsborough, U.K., has supplied a second all-electric tube bending machine to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems. The Breeze...

Harco Metal Products purchases state-of-the-art equipment

Published: November 20, 2009

Harco Metal Products (Harco), Tempe, Ariz., a provider of tube fabrication, systems integration, and seamless manufacturing, has announced the...

BLM Group appoints VP

Published: November 10, 2009

BLM Group USA, Wixom, Mich., has appointed John P. Ovsek as vice president. He is responsible for all equipment sales and after-sales service of...

Mathey Dearman hires VP of sales, marketing

Published: November 9, 2009

Mathey Dearman Inc., Tulsa, Okla., has hired Charles G. Lutz as vice president of sales and marketing—Africa, Asia, Australia, Latin...

L.B. Foster, Lally Pipe & Tube joint venture to manufacture precision pipe couplings

Published: November 5, 2009

L.B. Foster Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., has announced a newly formed joint venture between three partners, Kentucky-based Lally Pipe & Tube, L.B....

Frost & Sullivan recognizes ESAB as 'Best Partner for Welding & Cutting Systems for Energy Generation'

Published: November 5, 2009

Frost & Sullivan has presented its '2009 Global Best Partners Welding & Cutting Systems for Energy Generation Award' to ESAB. In 2009, the company...

Harco acquires new technologies

Published: November 3, 2009

Harco Metal Products, a tube fabricator with facilities in Tempe, Ariz., and Fort Payne, Ala., has announced that it has procured several new...

Pines and Gregson sign distribution agreement

Published: September 9, 2009

Tube bending equipment provider Pines Technology, Westlake, Ohio, has announced a distribution agreement with Gregson Induction Benders Ltd., a...

TRUMPF presents award to distributor

Published: September 9, 2009

TRUMPF Inc. presented a 2009 award of sales achievement to ICON Machine Tool Inc. at its annual distributor meeting held in July at the company's...

Tube India Intl. returns in 2010

Published: September 9, 2009

Tube India International 2010—The All-Indian Exhibition and Conference for the Tube and Pipe Industries—will be held at the Bombay...

COMEQ appointed exclusive distributor for PARMIGIANI bending rolls

Published: September 9, 2009

COMEQ Inc., White Marsh, Md., has been appointed PARMIGIANI's exclusive distributor for the U.S. and Canada and by listing in Mexico. PARMIGIANI...

GKN Aerospace adds tube bending machines for complex parts

Published: August 11, 2009

GKN Aerospace has installed Unison all-electric, combined left- and right-hand bending machines at its wing component operation in Filton, U.K....

FMA and TPA seek applicants for industry awards

Published: July 23, 2009

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, Intl. (FMA) and the Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA) seek applicants for two industry awards....

New services brochure available

Published: June 16, 2009

Manchester Tool & Die Inc. offers a new 4-page brochure detailing its steel fabricating and production machining services, as well as the...

Bardons & Oliver launches machinery rebuilding, retrofitting pages on Web site

Published: June 9, 2009

Bardons & Oliver, Solon, Ohio, a manufacturer of CNC turning systems and tube and bar cutoff equipment, has launched two new sections of its Web...

ESCO Tools founder dies

Published: June 2, 2009

Albert T. Brennan, who purchased the Evans Supply Co. in Winchester, Mass., in 1975, later renamed the firm ESCO Tools, and built it into a...

Lomar Machine & Tool recognized by Eaton Corp.

Published: May 28, 2009

Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corp. honored 38 premier suppliers last month as part of the company's supplier recognition program....

Aristo Machines partners with Manchester Tool & Die

Published: May 19, 2009

Aristo Machines Inc., Indianapolis, a manufacturer of tube end forming systems, has announced a partnership with Manchester Tool & Die Inc. (MTD),...

STI/SPFA awards Pipeline Project of the Year

Published: May 12, 2009

The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) named two of its members as recipients of the national Pipeline Project of...

RathGibson names vice president of sales and marketing

Published: May 12, 2009

RathGibson, Lincolnshire, Ill., has appointed Kirk Thorne to the position of vice president – sales and marketing. Thorne, who has 25 years...

QY Group-China opens Tritube USA

Published: May 12, 2009

QY Group-China has opened Tritube USA in Baytown, Texas, the group's first manufacturing venture in the U.S. The manufacturing facility has four...

Fraser Steel bucks economic downturn by investing in big equipment

Published: May 12, 2009

Fraser Steel, Albertville, Minn., a designer and manufacturer of precision tubular parts, recently acquired a large-capacity rotary draw bender....

RathGibson opens Buenos Aires office

Published: Array

Lincolnshire, Ill.-based RathGibson, a manufacturer of welded, welded and drawn, and seamless stainless steel, nickel, and titanium tubing, has...

Bender improves product design flexibility and reduces lead time

Published: April 15, 2009

Sharpe Products, New Berlin, Wis., offers enhanced capabilities with its NISSIN 3-D bender. With this machine, tube is guided continuously...

High-precision inspection/measuring system ensures part quality

Published: April 15, 2009

Sharpe Products, New Berlin, Wis., a provider of custom pipe/tube bending and fabricating services, uses a Tube Inspect S optical tube measuring...

Tube Southeast Asia returns to Bangkok

Published: April 14, 2009

From Oct. 13 to 15, 2009, Tube Southeast Asia - International Tube & Pipe Trade Fair for Southeast Asia - will be held in Bangkok for the second...

Scott Process Systems Inc. completes three-year ASME recertification

Published: February 24, 2009

Scott Process Systems Inc., Hartville, Ohio, announced that it has successfully completed the recertification of its full slate of American...

ESCO Tool moves to new building

Published: February 10, 2009

ESCO Tool has acquired and refurbished a 60,000-sq.-ft. building in Holliston, Mass. The company has been located in nearby Medfield, Mass., since...

Roll-Kraft earns ISO recertification

Published: February 10, 2009

Roll-Kraft, Mentor, Ohio, has participated in a surveillance audit of its ISO quality management system and, for the fourth consecutive year, has...

Triumph Tube to open new manufacturing facility in South Carolina

Published: February 2, 2009

The South Carolina Department of Commerce, Orangeburg County Development Commission, and the Central S.C. Alliance have announced that Triumph...

TUBOTECH 2009 to be held in Brazil

Published: December 16, 2008

TUBOTECH, 5th International Tube, Fittings and Components trade fair will be staged at the Centro de Exposicoes Imigrantes in São Paulo, Brazil,...

Indalex honored as Good Corporate Citizen for environmental practices

Published: November 11, 2008

The Indalex Inc. aluminum extrusion facility at City of Industry, Calif., has been awarded a Certificate of Recognition and been named a Good...

Wagner Companies hires manager of production control

Published: October 14, 2008

The Wagner Companies, a manufacturer of handrail fittings and metal products in Milwaukee, has announced that Jackie Heinrichs has returned to the...

Mayville Engineering to purchase assets of Fabricating Specialists

Published: September 16, 2008

Mayville Eng. Co. (MEC), a contract manufacturer in Mayville, Wis., has acquired the assets of Fabricating Specialists LLC, a manufacturer of...

Ohio Gratings expands with new division

Published: September 16, 2008

Ohio Gratings Inc., Canton, Ohio, has announced a new division of its company, called OGi Architectural Metal Solutions. The division has been...

Hobart Institute expands training area

Published: September 16, 2008

Hobart Institute of Welding Technology, Troy, Ohio, has added 8,000 sq. ft. of training area to include two additional, large classrooms and lab...

Xiris names Kent Corp. as sales agent

Published: September 1, 2008

Xiris Automation Inc. has announced that Kent Corp., North Royalton, Ohio, is the exclusive North American sales agent for the Zume product...

TRUMPF Canada names managing director

Published: August 12, 2008

TRUMPF Inc., Farmington, Conn., has appointed James Rogowski as managing director of TRUMPF Canada. The company recently acquired the remaining...

AddisonMckee launches e-commerce product for perishable bending, end-forming tools

Published: August 12, 2008

AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, has added an e-commerce product called ExpressTools™ to its Web site at www.addisonmckee.com. The e-commerce...

Kinkelder names vice president

Published: July 15, 2008

Kinkelder USA, Rockford, Ill., an importer of steel circular sawing products, has added Mike Rans as vice president. Rans has a background in...

Bosch Rexroth opens new facility

Published: July 15, 2008

Bosch Rexroth Corp., Hoffman Estates, Ill., recently opened a new facility, Tech Center East, in Rochester Hills, Mich. Tech Center East is...

Al Fajer Information, Messe Düsseldorf announce dates for Tekno/Tube Arabia 2009

Published: June 17, 2008

Tekno/Tube Arabia: 9th International Trade Fair for Industrial Machinery, Metalworking, Machine Tools, Dies/Molds, Tubes, and Pipes is scheduled...

AddisonMckee selected as a winner of Progressive Manufacturing 50 awards

Published: May 15, 2008

AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, was named as a winner of the fourth annual Progressive Manufacturing 50 awards, selected by Managing Automation , a...

Hobart Institute releases instructional programs for pipe GTAW

Published: April 15, 2008

"Gas Tungsten Arc Welding of 2-inch Pipe" provides a step-by-step explanation of how to weld mild steel pipe in the 2G, 5G, and 6G welding...

Wauseon Machine & Mfg. distributes O+P products

Published: April 15, 2008

Wauseon Machine & Mfg. (WMM) is the U.S. distributor of products from O+P, an Italian manufacturer of production hydraulic equipment.O+P...

Wagner Companies announces promotions

Published: March 11, 2008

The Wagner Companies, Milwaukee, recently promoted Justin Wesser to manager of quality services and Patrick Hutchinson to the new position of...

Warren Steel Holdings completes vacuum tank degasser

Published: February 12, 2008

Warren Steel Holdings, Warren, Ohio, announced that it completed the hot commissioning of its vacuum tank degasser and related systems. The...

Wagner adds quality supervisor

Published: February 12, 2008

The Wagner Companies, Milwaukee, a manufacturer of handrail fittings and metal products for architectural and industrial applications, recently...

AWS acquires Mexican welding tradeshow

Published: January 15, 2008

The American Welding Society (AWS), Miami, has entered into an agreement with Trade Show Consulting (TSC) to purchase Weldmex, the largest welding...

AISI, STI/SPFA publish steel pipe design manual

Published: January 15, 2008

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), Washington, D.C., and the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA), Lake...

FABTECH hosts 31,000 visitors, covers 461,627 sq. ft.

Published: January 15, 2008

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show at McCormick Place in Chicago hosted more exhibiting companies and covered more exhibit...

Messe Düsseldorf, ZAO Expocentr plan Tube Russia 2008

Published: January 15, 2008

Tube Russia 2008, an international tube and pipe trade fair, is scheduled to run May 27–30 at the ZAO Exhibition Center in Moscow. The event...

Eagle supplies pipe bending equipment for nuclear application

Published: November 6, 2007

Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., Brantford, Ont., a designer and manufacturer of tube bending and end forming products, recently supplied...

Magnatech names sales director

Published: November 6, 2007

Magnatech, East Granby, Conn., has hired Scott Anthony as director of sales and marketing for the Western Hemisphere. Anthony has more than 20...

Ohio Gratings provides grating for Arundel Mills building

Published: November 6, 2007

Ohio Gratings Inc. (OGI), Canton, Ohio, has provided aluminum LiteBar grating for use as a sunscreen above each window of the Arundel Mills...

LAI named on Inc.list of fastest-growing companies

Published: October 9, 2007

Inc. Magazine named LAI Intl. Inc., Scottsdale, Ariz., a provider of contract manufacturing services, to its inaugural list of the 5,000...

FABTECH Intl. & AWS Welding Show returns to Chicago

Published: October 9, 2007

The 2007 FABTECH® International & AWS Welding Show, the largest North American showcase of metal forming, fabricating, stamping, tube and...

HMT Inc. appointed as exclusive U.S. distributor for CSM

Published: October 9, 2007

Horn Machine Tools Inc. (HMT), Madera, Calif., has been appointed as the exclusive U.S. distributor for Chiao Sheng Machinery Co. Ltd. (CSM),...

A&B Process Systems builds new manufacturing facility

Published: September 11, 2007

A&B Process Systems Corp., Stratford, Wis., has begun construction of a 53,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility, the company's ninth. Incorporating...

Veridiam acquires Allied Swiss Screw Products

Published: August 7, 2007

Veridiam, San Diego, has acquired Allied Swiss Screw Products, Oceanside, Calif. Veridiam is a provider of EDM services; milled and turned...

Unison completes environmental and quality accreditation

Published: August 7, 2007

Unison, Scarborough, U.K., has achieved ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system and ISO 9001 accreditation for its...

Trio of tradeshows offers parallel staging, increased exhibit space

Published: August 7, 2007

The parallel staging of Metallurgy-Litmash, Tube Russia, and Aluminium/Non-Ferrous 2007 offered 52,500 sq. ft. of exhibit space—50 percent...

OMNI-X celebrates 20th anniversary

Published: July 10, 2007

OMNI-X Inc., Englewood, Colo., celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Since 1987 the company has designed and manufactured consumable...

Ohio Gratings hires architect specialist

Published: July 10, 2007

Ohio Gratings Inc., Canton, Ohio, has hired Jason Richter as its architect specialist. Richter manages architectural sales accounts; monitors...

Staging of 2008 Tube China announced

Published: July 10, 2007

Messe Düsseldorf has announced the Shanghai New International Expo Center will host Tube China Sept. 23-26, 2008. Messe Düsseldorf...

AddisonMckee wins manufacturing award

Published: July 10, 2007

AddisonMckee, Lebanon, Ohio, has been awarded the World-Class Manufacturing Award as part of The Manufacturer Awards 2007. The Manufacturer is a...

DoALL names specialty systems director

Published: June 12, 2007

DoALL Sawing Products, Elk Grove Village, Ill., has named Don Klingstein as director of specialty systems. He is responsible for sales and support...

UTE appoints sales manager

Published: May 8, 2007

Universal Tool and Engineering Inc. (UTE), Johnson City, Tenn., has appointed Rick Ott as sales manager. He is responsible for national and...

Prima to introduce resonator at June open house

Published: May 8, 2007

Prima North America is holding an open house/laser seminar June 7, 2007, at its technology center in Chicopee, Mass. The company is introducing...

BGL sells Western Pneumatic Tube

Published: May 8, 2007

Brown Gibbons Lang & Company has sold Western Pneumatic Tube Co. (WPT), a portfolio company of Superior Group Inc., to Tinicum Capital Partners...

Everett Industries celebrates 45 years in business

Published: April 10, 2007

Everett Industries Inc., a Warren, Ohio-based producer of abrasive cutoff machines and wheels, is celebrating 45 years in business. Founded in...

Interactive tube connector Web site launched

Published: February 13, 2007

Parker Instrumentation has launched a Web site dedicated to its permanent tube connection technology for higher pressure applications, Phastite....

Eagle Precision introduces new warranty program

Published: January 9, 2007

Eagle Precision Technologies Ltd., a provider of tube bending and forming systems, has introduced a new 5-year warranty program. The warranty...

Wagner hires process development engineer

Published: December 12, 2006

The Wagner Companies, Milwaukee, has hired Greg Krouse as process development engineer. Krouse is responsible for the development and continuous...

L.S. Starrett establishes Illinois saw service center

Published: November 7, 2006

The L.S. Starrett Co., Athol, Mass., has established a saw service center in Bensonville, Ill., which provides welded band saw blades to the...

M.K. Morse hires national sales manager

Published: November 7, 2006

Kent Hughes has been named national sales manager of industrial products for The M.K. Morse Co., Canton, Ohio. He directs the industrial sales...

Bauer appoints sales/marketing director

Published: November 7, 2006

Bauer Welding & Metal Fabricating, St. Paul, Minn., has named Bill Remes as director of sales and marketing. Remes has more than 20 years of...

IPSCO, NS Group announce waiting-period expiration

Published: October 18, 2006

IPSCO Inc. and NS Group Inc. have announced the expiration of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,...

TPJSymposium scheduled for March

Published: October 17, 2006

The Tube & Pipe Association, Intl. (TPA), and its flagship magazine, TPJ – The Tube & Pipe Journal ®, announce their upcoming TPJ...

Georg Fischer changes name

Published: October 10, 2006

As a result of its acquisition by Chicago-based Illinois Tool Works (ITW), Georg Fischer Rohrverbindungstechnik GmbH, Singen, Germany, has...

Tube, pipe trade fair sees increased attendance

Published: September 12, 2006

Tube 2006, International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany, attracted 28,600 attendees, an increase of 7.5 percent compared...

PTCAlliance emerges from Chapter 11

Published: September 12, 2006

PTCAlliance Corp., Wexford, Pa., has completed the necessary steps to implement its prepackaged plan of reorganization and has successfully...

Hess Industries launches Formitt Metal Labs

Published: Array

Hess Industries Inc., Niles, Mich., has announced the launch of Formitt Metal Labs, created specifically to support product development for a...

Hayes adds to sales team

Published: August 8, 2006

Hayes Intl., Rotorua, New Zealand, a member of The Bradbury Group of companies, has added Sean Wiebe to its U.S. sales team. Wiebe is based at the...

Jancy Engineering hires director of market development

Published: July 11, 2006

Jancy Engineering Inc., Davenport, Iowa, has named William Hildebrand as director of market development. Hildebrand focuses on opening untapped...

Wayne Trail Technologies constructs new facility, enters new market segment

Published: July 11, 2006

Wayne Trail Technologies, Fort Loramie, Ohio, has entered a new market segment and is constructing an additional, 30,000-sq.-ft. facility. The...

Acrotech acquires Di-Acro

Published: July 11, 2006

Acrotech Inc., Lake City, Minn., has acquired the Di-Acro product line and moved production back to Lake City, where the line was originally...

Software earns magazine's No. 1 ranking

Published: July 11, 2006

The AutoCAD® CD version 3.0 from Charlotte Pipe and Foundry, Charlotte, N.C., was ranked No. 1 on PM Engineer magazine's top 10 products...

Actuant acquires D.L. Ricci

Published: July 11, 2006

Actuant Corp., Milwaukee, has completed the purchase of D.L. Ricci Corp., Red Wing., Minn. Actuant consists of two groups of companies: Tools &...

ITW purchases Georg Fischer Rohrverbindungstechnik GmbH

Published: June 13, 2006

Georg Fischer Ltd., Schaffhausen, Switzerland, has announced it has sold its capital shares of Georg Fischer Rohrverbindungst echnik GmbH, Singen,...

Hess Industries appoints president, CEO

Published: June 1, 2006

Hess Industries Inc. has announced the appointment of David Zenger as president and CEO for all operations and business activities worldwide. The...

Numalliance opens U.S. distributor

Published: May 9, 2006

Numalliance has opened Numamerica, Davenport, Iowa, as its exclusive distributor for the U.S. Forged from an agreement with North American...

Prima to hold open house

Published: May 9, 2006

Prima North America is holding an open house May 23 - 24 at its Chicopee, Mass., Technology Center to debut its new Syncrono laser cutting...

Macsteel Service Centers USA announces expansion

Published: April 17, 2006

Macsteel Service Centers USA Inc., owned by the global steel company Macsteel Holdings of South Africa, has announced that it is constructing a...