Mueller Water Products said its U.S. Pipe and Foundry division intends to close its ductile iron pipe manufacturing operations in Burlington, NJ, by February 2008. The Burlington facility will continue

ASA IPD Vice Chairman Pat Adams of MKS Pipe & Valve Co. (left) and IPD Chairman Dennis Niver of McJunkin Red Man Corp. at the IPD Open House. ASA’s Industrial

Wolverine Tube Inc. said it will discontinue its U.S. plumbing tube business and close two production facilities due to a decline in demand for copper plumbing, leading to job cuts.

Preliminary figures released by the International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) show that stainless steel crude steel production increased in the first half of 2007 by 9.1% compared to the same

In response to soaring nickel prices that have seen users switch to duplex grades of stainless steel, Finland’s Outokumpu has announced a $715 million expansion program that will increase finished-product

F.W. Webb Co. (Bedford, MA) has reached an agreement to acquire the industrial piping distribution business of Burns Cascade Co. of Syracuse, NY, effective Nov. 1, 2007. The business will

Edgen Murray Corp. (Baton Rouge, LA) announced its acquisition of Equipment Valve & Supply Inc. From its locations in Houston and Broussard, LA, Equipment Valve is a leading distributor of

Stritt & Priebe Inc., an 85-year-old industrial valve supply, repair and service business in Buffalo, NY, has been purchased by company salesmen Bill Victor and Joel Scott. Former owner and

Total Fitting and Valve Co. (Baton Rouge, LA) acquired the assets and building from the former Modern Valve, a French-owned Genoyer Group company. Total Fitting and Valve is a privately

Collins Pipe & Supply (East Windsor, CT) has opened a full-service distribution center and sales office in Syracuse, NY, as well as a new instruments and controls sales office in