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Commercial Metals Company Exits Joist and Deck Business
Commercial Metals Company (CMC; Irving, TX) has decided to exit the joist and deck business by way of sale and/or closure of those facilities. Since April 2007, the company has manufactured the United Steel Deck brand of metal roof deck,…
Crucible Industries and Latrobe Specialty Steel Distribution Announce Partnership
Crucible Industries, LLC, (Syracuse, NY) announced its partnership with Latrobe Steel Distribution (Latrobe, PA) for the sales and marketing of Crucible Particle Metallurgy® (CPM). Supported by more than 30 years of investment in research and development, Crucible's CPM is a…
Contract Fabricator Promotes Careers in Manufacturing
Michael Dougherty, president of D&S Manufacturing (Black River Falls, WI), recently announced the company?s involvement in Max and Ben?s Manufacturing Adventures, a collection of videos developed by Western Technical College (La Crosse, WI) to introduce middle school children to the…
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Extrusion Americas Topped 200 Million Pounds of Recycled Aluminum Last Year
Recent data released by the Hydro Extrusion Americas unit reported recycling more than 207 million pounds of scrap aluminum in 2009. Of this, nearly 20 percent was post-consumer waste. The balance was post-industrial waste. Hydro remelts the scrap at its…
Gerdau Ameristeel Sand Springs Mill Remains Idled
This is a followup to our earlier report a few weeks ago on the closing of this steel factory: After careful evaluation of a comprehensive proposal submitted to Gerdau Ameristeel by the State of Oklahoma and the City of Sand…
Great Lakes Remains Epicenter of the American Industrial Complex
The Great Lakes region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, is the largest of the seven U.S. market regions for industrial plant population. With more than 7,500 operational industrial plants, the region accounts for 21 percent of…
Hardinge Asks Shareholders to Reject Romi's Offer
Machine tool manufacturer Hardinge Inc. (Elmira, NY) said its board recommended to shareholders to reject the $90 million unsolicited offer by Brazilian rival Industrias Romi SA, calling it "grossly inadequate and opportunistic." In March, Hardinge had adopted a poison pill…
HEARTLAND STEEL SECURES $500,000 IN NEW BUSINESS
Even in a challenging economic environment, Heartland continues on the fast track with this steel order for a significant public works project in the first phase of construction in the Midwest.
$24 MILLION FABRICATION CONTRACT AWARDED
Hindustan Construction secured a 19-month order to fabricate 362 high precision pot shells for a greenfield smelting facility that is being developed by Hindalco Industries.
HYUNDAI STEEL STARTS OPERATION OF FIRST BLAST FURNACE
This first blast furnace reflects the steel manufacturer’s commitment to the environment and hopes that its new steel mill will stimulate the Korean economy.
IOWA LOST 11,000 MANUFACTURING JOBS OVER PAST YEAR
Industrial employment fell 4.1 percent over the past twelve months, the sharpest decline ever reported in the 27 years of tracking the state’s industry.
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