Key Safety Systems, a designer and manufacturer of safety-critical components and systems including airbags, seat belts and steering wheels, has selected supplyForce to be its national integrated procurement provider for
Tyco Flow Control said its facility in Black Mountain, NC, has received approval by the North Carolina Department of Labor (NCDOL) Occupational Safety and Health Division (NCOSH) for participation in
Mueller Water Products said its U.S. Pipe and Foundry division intends to close its ductile iron pipe manufacturing operations in Burlington, NJ, by February 2008. The Burlington facility will continue
ASA IPD Vice Chairman Pat Adams of MKS Pipe & Valve Co. (left) and IPD Chairman Dennis Niver of McJunkin Red Man Corp. at the IPD Open House. ASA’s Industrial
Wolverine Tube Inc. said it will discontinue its U.S. plumbing tube business and close two production facilities due to a decline in demand for copper plumbing, leading to job cuts.
Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that stainless steel crude steel production increased in the first half of 2007 by 9.1% compared to the same
In response to soaring nickel prices that have seen users switch to duplex grades of stainless steel, Finland’s Outokumpu has announced a $715 million expansion program that will increase finished-product
F.W. Webb Co. (Bedford, MA) has reached an agreement to acquire the industrial piping distribution business of Burns Cascade Co. of Syracuse, NY, effective Nov. 1, 2007. The business will
Edgen Murray Corp. (Baton Rouge, LA) announced its acquisition of Equipment Valve & Supply Inc. From its locations in Houston and Broussard, LA, Equipment Valve is a leading distributor of
Stritt & Priebe Inc., an 85-year-old industrial valve supply, repair and service business in Buffalo, NY, has been purchased by company salesmen Bill Victor and Joel Scott. Former owner and