AZZ Inc., a provider of galvanizing services, welding systems, specialty electrical equipment, and highly engineered services to the power-generation, -transmission, and -distribution markets, has opened its first powder coating operation. The new facility, adjacent to the company’s existing...

London-based Technavio has released a report that projects growth in the global aluminum scrap recycling market to 32.12 million metric tons by 2021, at a CAGR of nearly 8 percent. The report divides the market into secondary smelting and downstream segments, covering the APAC, Americas, and EMEA...

More than 400 schools will receive 3-D printers as a part of the GE Additive Education Program, reaching more than 180,000 students around the globe. Committed to developing pipelines of future talent in additive manufacturing, Cincinnati-based GE will send a desktop polymer printer package to...

MSC Industrial Supply Co., a distributor of metalworking and MRO products, has hired Stephen Szilagyi as senior vice president, supply chain. He previously served as chief supply chain officer for Lowe’s Companies, director of distribution for Wesco Distribution, and principal with Kurt Salmon...

The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has told the U.S. Commerce Department that tinplate steel—the material used to make food cans—should be exempt from tariff and other import restrictions because of the vital role it plays in the U.S. economy. CMI President Robert Budway provided this...

Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc., Cleveland, has promoted Steven B. Hedlund to executive vice president and president of the International Welding segment. He succeeds Mathias Hallmann, who has left the company to pursue other interests. In this role Hedlund leads the European (Europe, Middle East,...

Milwaukee-based Lucas-Milhaupt Inc., a Handy & Harman Company, has scheduled its next “Fundamentals of Brazing” seminar for Oct. 3-5, 2017, at the Wyndham Philadelphia Historic District. Brazing experts will offer practical insight and a solid foundation in brazing fundamentals. It is designed...

Speyside Equity Fund I LP has acquired Avon Gear Co., Shelby Township, Mich., a producer of large, complex, precision parts for heavy equipment industries.

Speyside Equity invests in manufacturing, specialty chemicals, and food ingredients businesses.

Interface Performance Materials, Lancaster, Pa., a manufacturer of advanced materials, sealing systems, thermal management systems, and specialty products, has entered into an agreement to acquire a materials manufacturing facility in India. The company will upgrade the facility for manufacturing...

Seventy-six CEOs of the European steel industry have sent an open letter to the heads of state and governments of the European Union, ahead of the final negotiations on the reform of the EU Emissions Training System (EU ETS): “We agree that climate change is a critical issue that urgently needs...

Cortec® Corp., St. Paul, Minn., has launched a new website at www.cortecadditives.com devoted to its VpCI® additives for enhancing the corrosion-inhibiting properties of paints, water treatments, and lubricants. They help eliminate corrosion caused by corrosive fluids, chlorides, or humid...