AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company recently announced the addition of Scott Murphy as assistant vice president of Finance. Murphy brings 35 years of corporate finance and accounting experience to the company.
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This also appeared in the September 2019 Opflow. By Maury D. Gaston, manager of Marketing Services for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe The United States recently celebrated its centennial year of standards for engineering products. Today’s American […]
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An estimated 300 people from the ACIPCO-Finley, Hooper City, North Birmingham and Smithfield Estates neighborhoods gathered together for a day of fun and fellowship in the park on August 24.
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Located 25 miles north of Seattle, Everett, Washington, is home to more than 110,000 residents. Everett is also located along the Cascadia fault line, which makes the city more susceptible to a massive earthquake. When the time came to replace some of its aging water distribution lines, the city installed AMERICAN’s Earthquake Joint System.
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Question: How do you design a water-delivery pipeline for an area that has averaged nearly one earthquake per week during the past year? Answer: Very carefully. Most agree that Oregon, with its breathtaking mountains and rugged coastline, is a scenic […]
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A 30-inch diameter 160-year-old cast iron pipe was recently excavated and retired from gas service in Chicago, Illinois. Installed in 1859, this pipeline provided Chicago’s residents, fewer than 112,000 at the time, with reliable lighting at night. As the years […]
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Today’s Interstate Inspired during Century-Old Military Convoy By Maury D. Gaston, Chairman, Alabama Iron & Steel Council This is the centennial anniversary of an historic trip that changed the American economy. In a test of military mobility, a cross-country 80-vehicle […]
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Natural gas provides energy needed to heat and cool our homes, and energy to make and transport the products we use every day. If natural gas is going to continue to be a crucial natural resource and provide the energy we need, then pipelines are going to be as well.
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The long holiday weekend was filled with news about seismic activity in California and Nevada. An original jolt on Thursday was followed by thousands of aftershocks and an even stronger 7.1 quake on Saturday, and tremblers are expected to continue for days.
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Ronnie Browning was recently named Supply Chain Management Director at AMERICAN. In his role, Browning will oversee domestic and global purchases, contracts, warehousing, and material and inventory control.
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