Bonney Forge has collaborated with the Pipe Fabrication Institute (PFI) to produce their 2008 Approved Release PFI Standard ES-49, "Guideline for Installation of Integrally Reinforced Branch Outlet Fittings."

McJunkin Red Man Corp. (MRC) has entered into an agreement to acquire Bradford, UK-based Transmark Fcx Group B.V., a leading international distributor of specialty valves and flow control equipment.

The PVF Roundtable recently hosted its General Assembly Meeting on August 18, 2009, at The HESS Club in Houston, TX. 

Hayward Flow Control Systems now offers several new ball valve end connection packages designed to save contractors 5 to 6% off ball valve list prices.

The British metals research firm MEPS issued its most recent forecast of North American stainless steel prices on August 3, 2009, and predicted “some price slippage during the fourth quarter of 2009.

The Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) said that high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe was given an official welcome by the nuclear power plant community July 21, 2009.

Emerson Process Management has formed a strategic partnership with Secure Energy Inc. to help build an $800 million coal gasification plant in Decatur, IL - the first coal gasification-to-synthetic natural gas plant to be constructed in the U.S. in two decades.

The European Union agreed to levy tariffs ranging from 17.7% to 39.2% on imports of seamless steel pipe from China, effective in October.

Victaulic announced it has purchased AquaFlex USA.

Lakeside Steel, a Canadian pipe and tube manufacturer, has filed a motion with the Federal Court of Canada aiming to acquire US Steel Canada.