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TimkenSteel Corp., Canton, Ohio, has named Kristopher R. Westbrooks as executive vice president and CFO to succeed Christopher J. Holding. Westbrooks was most recently with A. Schulman Inc., where he served as vice president, chief accounting officer, and corporate controller. Before that he served...
Demand for steel has softened in recent months, and service centers are trying to reduce steel inventories. How long will the trend last? A lot of variables makes it hard to predict the near term.
Kaiser Aluminum Corp., a producer of semifabricated specialty aluminum products in Foothill Ranch, Calif., has acquired Imperial Machine & Tool Co., a machining, fabricating, and assembly facility serving the aerospace and defense, automotive, high-tech, and general industrial industries. Imperial...
NanoSteel®, a provider of nanostructured steel materials, has announced the spinout of its additive manufacturing (AM) business unit into a new corporation named Formetrix™. The new company’s metal powder portfolio for 3-D printing combines high hardness, high ductility, and high wear...
Steel producer and metals recycler Steel Dynamics Inc., Fort Wayne, Ind., has acquired substantially all the assets of Kentucky Electric Steel, a wholly owned subsidiary of Specialty Steel Works Inc. The acquired assets, located outside of Ashland, Ky., include a rolling mill with an annual...
thyssenkrupp Aerospace has announced it has rolled out its quality management system, converting all its units in Europe to the latest versions of EN 9100 and EN 9120. In addition, the branches in the U.S., Canada, China, India, and Brazil have been certified to international standards. A global...
thyssenkrupp Schulte, a company of thyssenkrupp Materials Services that offers carbon steel, stainless steel, and nonferrous flat products, sections, and tubes, has announced plans to build a logistics center on a nearly 1.1 million sq.-ft. industrial site in Rotenburg/Wümme (Lower Saxony),...
Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Steel has announced plans to invest $650 million to expand the production capability of Nucor Steel Gallatin, the company's flat-rolled sheet steel mill located in Ghent, Ky. This investment will increase the production capability from 1,600,000 tons to approximately...
Argentina, Brazil, and South Korea are no longer subject to the tariffs, according to a presidential proclamation. This could make sourcing steel and aluminum trickier down the road as other countries look to negotiate their own deals to get out from under the tariffs.
Thousands of members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union from across the U.S. have voted overwhelmingly to authorize their bargaining committee to initiate a strike at U. S. Steel facilities. The committee could now call a strike if the company continues to demand deep concessions from its...
Netherlands-based Constellium N.V. has signed a multiyear agreement with the Boeing Co. to support its commercial airplane programs with aluminum rolled products.
Most of the products will be manufactured at the company’s plant in Ravenswood, W.V.
Braidy Industries Inc., an Ashland, Ky.-based manufacturer of metals for the global transportation and defense industries, and its subsidiary Veloxint have announced the appointment of five new key executives. The news follows the official groundbreaking on the $1.6 Braidy Atlas rolling mill...
Corpac Steel Products, a global supplier of pipe and steel products and services, was awarded the Industry Supplier of the Year at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Oil and Gas Awards. The awards recognize outstanding achievements made within the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors of the oil and gas...
Thousands of members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union from across the U.S., along with labor, political, religious, and community allies, held a series of rallies and marches on Aug. 30 to call for fair contracts with steelmakers ArcelorMittal and U. S. Steel. Those contracts, which cover a...
Pittsburgh-based United States Steel Corp. has appointed two executive leaders, Scott D. Buckiso and James E. Bruno, to lead the company’s Automotive and European Solutions commercial entities, respectively. Effective Oct. 1, Buckiso, currently serving as senior vice president, European Solutions...
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.