Velan reported strong financial results for the first quarter ended May 31, 2009.

ITT Corp. confirmed it will soon meet the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Buy American provisions, so its U.S. customers can access the company’s technology for water, wastewater and energy management projects.

The International Stainless Steel Forum released preliminary stainless steel production figures showing that 4.8 million metric tons of stainless was produced worldwide in the first quarter of 2009.

David Hanson, CEO of SyncroFlo, died June 6.

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) voted unanimously on May 22.

The PVF Roundtable continues to grow in popularity as one of the industry's most vibrant networking groups.

CE Franklin Ltd., a Canadian energy products distributor, acquired an unidentified business that operates 22 oil field equipment supply stores across the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.

Evraz Group S.A. completed its acquisition of IPSCO’s Canadian plate and pipe business.

Cameron and Natco Group entered into an agreement under which Cameron will acquire NATCO in an all-stock transaction that values NATCO at about $780 million.

Velan has opened a distribution center in Granby, Quebec.