Expectations for 2005 remain high as 72% of manufacturing executives surveyed by the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) in its biennial economic “Report on Business®” forecast revenues to be greater in 2005 than in 2004.
World stainless steel production reached 24.6 million metric tons (mmt) for the full year 2004, according to the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF).
NS Group announced that the hourly employees of the company's seamless tubular operation, located in Pennsylvania, voted to extend their 57-month labor agreement that was scheduled to expire in 2007.
Harvel Plastics has published a comprehensive Engineering & Installation Guide on CD-ROM providing technical data on PVC, CPVC, and specialty piping and duct systems.
CE Franklin and Smith International announced they have terminated negotiations relating to CE Franklin's previously announced proposal to acquire Wilson International, Inc.