Acquisitions and deals, facilities and other financial news.

Anvil International, Capitol Manufacturing and Northwest Pipe Co. are among companies in the news.

The Steel Service Center Institute's Economic Forecast Conference in Chicago on the fateful date of Sept. 11.

Brief news items on financials, promotions, new hires, awards, special projects, etc., in the PVF industry.

The natural gas pipeline infrastructure in the United States is experiencing the largest wave of expansion since the early 1960s, according to Industrial Information Resources Inc.

Japan's Benkan Corp., one of the world's oldest manufacturers of welding fittings, filed for court protection from creditors in early September, saying it was unable to meet obligations estimated at more than $480 million.

UK-based Yorkshire Copper Tube Ltd. announced plans to market copper tube to the North American plumbing and heating market.

The National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors has released a set of proposed standards for participation agreements for e-marketplaces.

On July 27, seven months after emerging from Chapter 11, Laclede Steel Co. once again filed to be put under its protection while the company attempts to close its steel-making facility in Alton, Ill., and sell its Pipe Division in Fairless Hills, Pa.

Matco-Norca has completed the acquisition of the PVF Division of Calsak Corp.