Border Pipe & Supply, of Cut Bank, Mont., and Northgate Threaders Inc. merged with American Pipe & Supply Co. of Cut Bank.

Domestic steel makers are being "seriously injured" by imports of 12 of 33 steel products under investigation by the U.S. International Trade Commission, the ITC concluded in a preliminary finding.

Northwest Pipe Co. reported third quarter sales of $70.9

Porter Pipe & Supply Co. in Chicago celebrated 25 years in business

Acquisitions and deals, facilities and other financial news.

Anvil International, Capitol Manufacturing and Northwest Pipe Co. are among companies in the news.

The Steel Service Center Institute's Economic Forecast Conference in Chicago on the fateful date of Sept. 11.

Brief news items on financials, promotions, new hires, awards, special projects, etc., in the PVF industry.

The natural gas pipeline infrastructure in the United States is experiencing the largest wave of expansion since the early 1960s, according to Industrial Information Resources Inc.

Japan's Benkan Corp., one of the world's oldest manufacturers of welding fittings, filed for court protection from creditors in early September, saying it was unable to meet obligations estimated at more than $480 million.