Kelly Pipe appointed Pete Pieterse as sales manager for its headquarters branch in Santa Fe Springs, CA.

Dick Nelson, T-Drill's sales manager of commercial products and corporate secretary, announced his retirement, effective December 31.

The American Supply Association’s Industrial Piping Division presented Donald R. McNeeley the IPD Award of Excellence.

Curtiss-Wright Corp. announced that TapcoEnpro International (TEI), a business unit of its Flow Control segment, broke ground on construction of a $36-million, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Chambers County, TX.

TMK announced that it has partnered with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to become a member company in the school’s Industrial Liaison Program.

Outokumpu said the first edition of its Welding Handbook is now available.

The U.S. Commerce Department proposed antidumping duties ranging from 49% to 99% and countervailing duties of between 14% and 54% against seamless pipe imports from China.

The Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International has completed its 2010 Salary/Wage & Benefit Survey providing data for both salaried and hourly shop floor employees. 

The National Association of Steel Pipe Distributors (NASPD) is offering two education courses in October.

Consumers Pipe and Supply co-founder William “Bill” J. Abeling died peacefully on September 7, 2010, at Intercommunity Hospital in Covina, CA.