A
brain drain involving everyone from engineers to maintenance staff to
construction labor was identified as perhaps the major challenge impacting the
resurrection of nuclear energy at the DaratechPLANT 2008 Conference, held in
Houston during late February.
British
steel industry consulting and research firm MEPS Ltd. issued its latest steel
price analysis in late February predicting double-digit hikes in global steel
prices during 2008.
(L to R) Scott Hughes, Jeffrey Parrish, James Bokor Jr. and Joseph McIntosh.Robert-James Sales (Buffalo, NY), a distributor of stainless steel piping products, appointed James Bokor Jr. as president. He
Recently, four U.S. producers - Bristol Metals, Felker Brothers Corp., Outokumpu Stainless Pipe and Marcegaglia USA - and the United Steelworkers union filed antidumping and countervailing duty petitions before the U.S.
Parker Hannifin Corp. named Peter Popoff president of the company’s Filtration Group. Popoff replaces John Oelslager, who will retire Mar. 31, 2008, after more than 41 years of service. Popoff
ThauRennerVictaulic promoted Larry Thau to executive vice president and chief technical officer. A 35-year company veteran, he most recently was vice president-engineering. Also, Jim Renner was promoted from director of marketing
Engineered Software, producers of hydraulic analysis software, established a new division, Fluid Fundamentals Training. Its new Piping System Fundamentals is a two-day course that awards continuing education credits or professional
Anvil International and International Seismic Application Technology (ISAT) announced a marketing initiative to jointly sell products for seismic applications in commercial and industrial buildings in the U.S. ISAT provides seismic
In 2007, 408 industrial plants employing almost 29,000 people began operations in the U.S., according to Industrial Information Resources (www.industrialinfo.com). At the same time, 268 plants employing almost 57,000 people
RSS