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Steel Prices Turn Up In June
The world steel price turned up in June for the first time in 11 months, according to the British metals tracking firm MEPS
. Although market conditions are still dire, U.S. steel capacity utilization has crept up to the 47.5% mark, and inventories are seen to be in balance with reduced demand. "Canadian transaction values, however, are still falling," reports MEPS, thanks mainly to escalation of the Canadian currency in relation to the U.S.
MEPS also believes stainless steel prices are on the upswing worldwide. The main cause is not so much increased demand as a mini-surge in LME nickel prices. |
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Hornsby Steps Down At Wolseley
Wolseley plc announced
that Chip Hornsby has stepped down as Group Chief Executive immediately. He will be succeeded by Ian Meakins, effective July 13, 2009. Meakins, 52, had been serving as CEO of Travelex Holdings Ltd., an international foreign exchange and payments business, and previously served as CEO of the drug wholesaler Alliance UniChem. Hornsby took over the top position at Wolseley in 2006, following a successful run as CEO of Ferguson during the housing and construction bubble. He faced an entirely different environment as head of the parent company, as Wolseley's stock dropped 75% during his tenure,
according to Bloomberg News.
Former Cambridge-Lee CEO Vinny Robinson Dies
 Vincent ("Vinny") Robinson passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on June 24. Robinson enjoyed a lengthy career in the metals industry, including 40 years with
Cambridge-Lee Industries, where he rose to become president and CEO before retiring in 1996.
Register For Green & Smart Building Confab
Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Fall 2009 Green Intelligent Buildings Conference. Presented by
Engineered Systems magazine, the conference will take place on Sept. 29-30 in Santa Clara, CA, in conjunction with The Northern California Facilities Expo occurring on Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2009 at the Santa Clara
Convention Center.
Supply House Times' Captures Prestigious Award
 Supply House Times won a 2009 Apex award
in the category of "Most Improved Magazines and Journals," thanks to a redesign and new format beginning with the April 2008 50th Anniversary issue. Now in their 21st year, APEX Awards were created by Communications Concepts, Inc., of Springfield, VA to recognize excellence in publications work by professional communicators spanning consumer and business media, along with the advertising and public relations community. The 2009 contest featured more than 3,750 entries.
Supply House Times is a past recipient of numerous other Apex awards for editorial excellence. |
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Tech Tip #26 by Gregg Marshall
To help you make the most of the Digital Age.
How To Get Better Seating On Airplanes
You've got a plane ticket, where should you sit? If you fly a certain airline a lot, you figure out there are "special" seats (e.g. on United's Ted the second exit row, row 11, has more leg room than domestic first class).
But what about that occasional flight on Aeroflot, the Russian national airline? Where are the good seats?
SeatGuru (http://www.seatguru.com) has the answer.
You select the airline you're flying (yes they even have Aeroflot), and then the plane you are flying on. The webpage shows a seat map color coded. Plain is a standard seat. Green are good seats. Yellow are seats with "issues." Red are seats to avoid. Mouse over any seat and you get extra details why they are colored the way they are.
The one problem might be figuring out what plane you are flying on. Many airlines have several configurations of the same plane, with different seat maps. Is this a domestic 767 or an international 767 configuration on your itinerary?
But if you get past that, SeatGuru can help you find those magic seats, like the two seats on United's 777 international configuration that have as much leg room as business class! Just the special knowledge you need if you're going to be stuck in economy for 13 hours.
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?
One way to tell is to visit the website of Supply House Times
. 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 Wednesday, July 8, these were the five "Most E-mailed" articles visited at the Supply House Times website.
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New Low-Flow Gear Meter
AW-Lake Co. has developed a new positive displacement spur gear flow meter, MicroFlow. This new gear meter is specifically designed to maintain high accuracies at very low flow rates, even with low viscosity liquids.
With a resolution of 40 pulses/cc, it gives the ability to measure shot volumes as low as 5cc's with accuracies of +/-0.5% better. This is especially important in the Oil & Gas industry where many applications are low-volume and low-flow applications. |
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Metraflex Introduces BIM Drawings For Piping Products
Engineered piping system designers can access Building Information Modeling (BIM) drawings for Metraflex joints, connectors, strainers, valves and more at
www.metraflex.com. Available in 2D and 3D, Metraflex product BIM drawings can be downloaded and imported in a variety of software formats, meeting BIM standards set in place for construction projects in a variety of sectors including government projects, schools, commercial buildings. |
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