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American Piping Products Gets Private Equity Link
American Piping Products, Inc. (APP) has received an equity investment from Chicago-based The Edgewater Funds
in partnership with APP's senior management team. APP is a distributor of specialty steel pipe, fittings, and valves to global infrastructure customers in the energy, manufacturing, and construction industries. The company currently employs 34 people in its headquarters in Chesterfield, MO, a service center in Houston, and sales office in Philadelphia.
USS Tubular To Exit DOM Business
U. S. Steel Tubular Products announced that it will exit the drawn-over-mandrel (DOM) tubular products business and close the DOM lines at its Texas Operations Division in Lone Star, TX.
In 2008, U. S. Steel Tubular Products shipped approximately 50,000 tons of DOM products, which accounted for less than 3% of the company's tubular shipments for the year. All current booked orders will be produced and shipped consistent with original commitments. DOM products are used by automotive manufacturers, mining operations, fluid power component manufacturers and steel service centers.
Engineered Software Promotes Blondin, Bermensolo
 Engineered Software, Inc.
, creator of PIPE-FLO and PUMP-FLO Solutions, has named Michael Blondin (left) as its new chief operating officer, and Christy Bermensolo (right) as the new vice president of engineering. Former Vice President of Engineering Ray Hardee, P.E., will now be operating solely as the CEO for Engineered Software. Blondin joined the company in 2005 as marketing manager. Bermensolo began with Engineered Software in 2006 as an application engineer.
Eastway Appoints PVF Head
Eastway Supplies (Columbus, OH) named Scott Plinke director of its PVF division. He joined the company in 1996, working in residential sales, and then moved to commercial/industrial sales in 1998. Eastway serves the plumbing, PVF and builder markets.
Al Markus To Speak To Canadian PVF Council
PVF industry consultant Alvin Markus will be conducting a workshop on Jan. 29 on "An Introduction to Pipe, Valves & Fittings" at the next meeting of the Canadian Industrial PVF Council, an offshoot of the
Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating. The meeting will be held in Oakville, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. |
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10 Ways To Increase Profitability
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Tech Tip #14 by Gregg Marshall
To help you make the most of the Digital Age.
Is your computer getting slower? I've often thought that Microsoft and Intel have conspired to slow computers down over time so you'll buy a new one every year.
Actually, as you use your computer, install new programs and get updates, your computer develops what I call plaque, just like your teeth.
So it's time to "brush" your computer.
Start by getting rid of all the "bloatware" that came with your computer. The easiest solution to that is PC Decrapifier (yes that's its name, it's at http://www.pcdecrapifier.com/).
Then uninstall all those neat programs you might have decided to try and never use. Go to your control panel and choose Add/Remove Programs (XP) or Programs And Features (Vista).
If you don't know what's on your PC, try WinAudit (http://www.pxserver.com/winaudit.htm), a great utility for generating a comprehensive report of everything about your computer.
After cleaning off all the extraneous programs, do a disk defragmentation. You can use Windows defragmenter by going to Start then My Computer and right clicking on the C drive. From the context menu that pops up, select properties, then tools. Do a disk clean up first, then do a defragment. Another option is to use Diskkeeper (http://www.diskeeper.com/defrag.asp
) that automatically defragments your disk in the background. My favorite is Disktrix' Ultimate Defrag (http://www.disktrix.com), which not only defragments your hard drive, it moves frequently used files to the same area to keep the seek time to a minimum.
That will clean up your hard drive, next time we clean the Windows.
Gregg Marshall, CPMR, CSP, is president of Rep Connection Inc. He can be reached by e-mail at gmarshall@repconnection.com, or visit his LinkedIn profile at
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What's The Industry Buzzing About?
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. If you scroll to the bottom of the lead page, you will find lists of the "Most E-Mailed" and "Most Popular Articles" (as measured by visitations). This gives a pretty good feel for what industry citizens regard as important.
For example, as of last Tuesday, Jan. 13, these were the five "Most E-Mailed" articles accessed at the Supply House Times website and passed along.
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