PVF Roundtable Secretary/Treasurer Sheryl Michalak Welding Outlets Inc.) recently announced the popular quarterly gatherings will move to the Westin Galleria in Houston starting with the February 2014 meeting.

MRC Global’s 2013 third-quarter results show the company’s sales of $1.31 billion in that timeframe decreased 9.5% from $1.45 billion in the third quarter of 2012 due, in part, to a planned reduction in the company’s lower margin oil country tubular goods business. OCTG represented 8.0% of sales in the third quarter of 2013 compared to 12.8% of sales in the third quarter of 2012.

Consumer goods including plumbing pipe could be significantly affected.

Engineering professor was prolific writer, outspoken advocate for hydraulic fracturing.

Legend Valve appointed Pat Durkin to the position of Western regional sales manager.

Sumitomo Corp. and Baton Rouge, La.-based Edgen Group recently announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement whereby Sumitomo will acquire all outstanding shares of Edgen Group for $12 per share in cash

The final PVF Roundtable of 2013 broke yet another attendance record.

The speed of business in the PHCP and PVF wholesale industry can be blazing fast, with materials flying in and out of the doors faster than most credit departments can handle. Deciding who can have company credit, how much credit and when to pull the plug are daily decisions that impact the bottom line.

Joseph R. Martin, 90, died October 6, 2013, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Master distributor Service Metal recently opened its new 60,000-sq.-ft. location in Sugar Land, Texas.