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.
Stronghold Coatings has introduced MM1018, a polymeric metal material that provides 100 percent force fit gap compensation for the repair of process equipment and structures, as well as railways, steel bridges, power plants and utility construction projects, offshore drilling rigs, and wind...
President Trump has signed a presidential memorandum calling on Secretary Wilbur Ross to prioritize a Department of Commerce investigation into the effects of steel imports on U.S. national security. The study will consider production and capacity, workforce, investment, research and development,...
United Steelworkers (USW) Intl. President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement after President Trump signed a memorandum calling for a Section 232 investigation of steel. A Section 232 investigation is prepared by the Department of Commerce in consultation with other agencies and examines...
Metal distributor Kloeckner Metals Corp. will host a grand opening event on May 3 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate the move of its flat-rolled division to a new, 106,000-sq.-ft. facility in University Park, Ill. Activities during the event will include tours of the new facility and its...
United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, has completed the restart at its Midwest Plant in Portage, Ind. The company released the following statement regarding the process release on April 11: “All water sampling and visual inspections performed during the restart process at and around the outfall...
The Metal Powder Industries Federation's (MPIF) Awards Committee has announced the recipients of the 2017 MPIF Distinguished Service to Powder Metallurgy (PM) Award that recognizes individuals who have actively served the North American PM industry for at least 25 years and, in the minds of their...
The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC), Wauconda, Ill., has presented awards to three individuals recognizing their outstanding contributions to the council. Olivier Gabis, area manager for Wagstaff Inc., Spokane Valley, Wash., was presented with the Volunteer of the Year Award. He is a member of the...
Midwest Steel Supply Inc., a metal service center and distributor of aluminum, stainless steel, steel, and brass, will move its operations from New Hope, Minn., to Rogers, Minn. The $5.2 million expansion, which will include a 55,000-sq.-ft. office and distribution facility, will enable the company...
Canton, Ohio-based TimkenSteel has received American Petroleum Institute (API) Q1 certification. In addition, API has granted the company a license to apply the API 5CT monogram/number on its alloyed seamless mechanical tubing products that fully comply with the specification requirements defined...
Sandvik Materials Technology, Stockholm, a developer and producer of advanced stainless steels and other high-performance materials, has secured the contract to be the sole provider of stainless steel umbilical tubes for the Leviathan gas field in the Mediterranean Sea, offshore Israel. The order,...
Hofmann Industries Inc., Sinking Spring, Pa., has created a team of sales, manufacturing, engineering, and logistics professionals to help customers identify cost advantages of sourcing welded steel tubing and tubular products in the U.S. Reshoring—or the practice of bringing manufacturing back...
Gerdau S.A., a producer of long steel and a supplier of special steel, has announced the sale of its Atmosphere Annealing (AA) and NitroSteel (NS) divisions—collectively known as Premier Thermal Solutions (PTS)—to Z Capital Partners LLC, a global alternative investment manager in Lake Forest,...
United Steelworkers (USW) Intl. President Leo W. Gerard has released the following statement in response to the Department of Commerce's notice that it was seeking public comment on whether China is a nonmarket economy: "Given that the last review of China's status as a nonmarket economy occurred...
Flack Global Metals, which fulfills supply chains for OEMs using flat-rolled steel, aluminum, and stainless, and painted metal supplier Kenwood Painted Metalshave announced the merger of their companies. Jeremy K. Flack retains his position as CEO of Flack Global Metals, and Greg Underwood,...
Perry, Ohio-based steel service center MidWest Materials Inc. has announced that the company and two of its leaders have been named finalists for numerous awards. Brian D. Robbins, CEO, and Noreen Koppelman-Goldstein, president, have been chosen as finalists for Platts Global Metals Awards for CEO...
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 subscriptionSeth Feldman of Iowa-based Wertzbaugher Services joins The Fabricator Podcast to offer his take as a Gen Zer...
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.