United States Steel Corp. announced the appointment of George Thompson, Jr. as general manager-commercial in U.S. Steel’s tubular products organization. He will replace Steven Fowler, who has elected to retire.

Industrial Controls Distributors (Wanamassa, NJ), a leading distributor of HVAC controls, process instrumentation and industrial automated valves, has hired Heather Fonte as an account manager covering the central Pennsylvania region

Leading plastic pipe manufacturer JM Eagle - formed earlier this year when J-M Manufacturing Co. Inc., said to be the world’s largest PVC pipe manufacturer, acquired PW Eagle - announced

In the August 2007 update to the North America Industrial Spending Index published by Industrial Information Resources (www.industrialinfo.com), the value of active industrial projects in North America was up 34.5%

Ernie Coutermarsh of F.W. Webb (L) with Bill Weisberg of A-D. Affiliated Distributors, King of Prussia, PA, announced its top affiliates and suppliers in terms of exceptional growth, increased market

The U.S. International Trade Commission decided on Oct. 2 to uphold the existing antidumping duty order on welded large diameter line pipe from Japan, but revoked the existing antidumping duty

The Michigan Construction Code Commission unanimously approved a recommendation of the Michigan Plumbing Board to deny approval of imported cast iron soil pipe and fittings from MWI Import Products for

The International Iron and Steel Institute predicted that global steel demand will rise 6.8% next year due to brisk economic growth in Brazil, Russia, India and China. The organization also

The International Stainless Steel Forum (ISSF) reported that global stainless production is going up but slowing, based on preliminary figures. Stainless steel crude steel production increased in the first half

The European steel industry is preparing an anti-dumping complaint with the EU against low-priced Chinese steel imports, industry executives said prior to the annual conference of the International Iron and