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Lebanon, Ohio-based Addition Mfg. Technologies, a provider of advanced automated systems for metal tube forming, has announced a number of staff changes. Scott Morling has been named CEO. His previous experience includes nine years in management positions with Delphi Automotive Systems, as well as...
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...
Rafter Equipment Corp., a manufacturer of tube mills, pipe mills, roll forming machines, cutoff machines, and related tube and pipe mill machinery in Strongsville, Ohio, has shipped an RT-4000S single-sided turkshead straightener with 2-axis motorized adjustments to a North American heavy-wall tube...
The Steel Tube Institute (STI), Glenview, Ill., predicts another year of high demand for steel conduit. This strong outlook is based on discussions at recent meetings with industry leaders, contractors, and engineers. At the December 2017 meeting of the Construction Sustainability Council, the...
Aachener Maschinenbau GmbH (AMBA) offers new all-in-one machines for producing cold-formed tubes. These machines are the first in the world to produce tubes with varying cross sections in just one continuous cycle, the manufacturer says. According to the company, the first tube manufacturer to use...
Warrenville, Ill.-based Plymouth Tube Co., a privately held, family-owned manufacturer of precision steel tubing and steel and titanium near-net and cold-drawn shapes, has named Drew Van Pelt as president/CEO. He joins the company as Donald Van Pelt Jr., who served as president/CEO for 18...
Marcegaglia UK recently installed a new EFD Induction 400-kW Weldac high-frequency tube welding system on the largest pipe mill at its UK Dudley plant. The plant produces about 77,000 tons of carbon steel welded tubes annually. The single-cabinet machine, which replaced a valve welding machine, has...
Three months before the start of wire 2018—International Wire and Cable Trade Fair—and Tube 2018—International Tube and Pipe Trade Fair—exhibitors have booked a record 1.29 million sq. ft. of net exhibit space. This is about 107,600 sq. ft. more than at the 2016 event and the largest amount...
Strongsville, Ohio-based Rafter Equipment Corp. has shipped a pair of RT-2500S driven reshaping roll stands to a North American stainless steel tube manufacturer. The equipment was the final piece in a series of mill upgrades the customer used to reconfigure an old GTAW mill into a new HFI welded...
FluidForming Americas has integrated a tube forming capability into its line of FormBalancer fluid forming machinery. The machines now can handle intricate sheet metal forming, as well as forming of seamless, high-pressure metal tubing. The machines retain their compact design with this new...
transfluid® Maschinenbau GmbH has developed technology that allows automatic production of tubes in small quantities. It was developed as a coordinated automation system for a specific application of processing chromium VI-free coated tubes, as well as tubes with powder-coated surfaces. After the...
Tenaris has unveiled its $1.8 billion seamless pipe mill in Bay City, Texas. The project has generated more than 600 jobs, and more than 1,500 during the construction phase. The highly automated, 1.2 million-sq.-ft. mill has the capacity to produce 600,000 tons of OCTG annually. It is a critical...
St. Louis-based Bull Moose Tube and Manchester, Iowa-based XL Specialized Trailers have announced the successful test of an XL-designed bottom dump trailer that incorporated Bull Moose’s Stratusteel® hollow structural steel tubing in place of traditional steel tube to remove weight and add...
The U.S. Dept. of Commerce has announced the affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of cold-drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, China, Switzerland, India, Italy, and Korea. The Commerce Department preliminarily determined that exporters from...
Rattunde Corp., a manufacturer of tube and bar processing machinery in Caledonia, Mich., has appointed Jon Hisey as director of business development for North American operations. Hisey, who attended Michigan State University, worked most recently as national sales manager and general manager for...
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 Tube and Pipe Association focuses on the unique needs of tube and pipe producing and fabricating professionals.
Follow the link below to find a TPA member supplier near you.