Category: Community Involvement

Congratulations to AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe/AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Sales Engineer Chris Glassing on receiving the Leonard N. Thompson Award from the Minnesota Section of the American Water Works Association.

The epicenter of iron and steel manufacturing in the U.S. in the late 1800s was Birmingham, Alabama. With its access to raw materials – iron ore, limestone and coal – and a growing rail transportation network, the city’s population and […]

Congratulations to Employee Development Specialist Kristie Rankin on her recent reelection as chair of the Central Alabama Partnership for Training and Employment (CAPTE) Board of Directors for Region IV. Rankin’s two-year term began August 18, 2021. She was initially appointed […]

Ethan Kinnaird and Abby Scott each received a $2,000 scholarship through the Manufacturing Standardization Society’s (MSS) Tom Hannafin Scholarship Fund in 2021.

AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe (ASWP) Territory Manager Kyle Couture was recently appointed vice president of the Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) Board of Directors. Couture’s one-year term began April 1, 2021. Couture will also continue to serve as chair […]

Congratulations to AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Sales Engineer Zach Miller on his recent appointment as vice chair of the Young Professionals Committee of the New York Section of the American Water Works Association. The Young Professionals […]

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Regional Sales Manager Jeff Blakely was recently appointed to the American Water Works Association’s Manufacturers and Associates Council (MAC). His three-year term begins in June 2021. MAC represents AWWA members in the […]

AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company joined 50 corporations and government agencies – as well as more than 70 engineering, education and cultural societies – in celebrating Engineers Week. This year’s theme – Imagining Tomorrow – celebrates all the ways engineers make the world a better place.

It’s a love story that began 30 years ago when Eddie Jackson and JaWanda Webb met and what eventually led to the opening of a delectable pie shop in Birmingham.

Alison Gaston (left) and Abby Scott (right) recently received scholarships from the Water and Sewer Distributors of America (WASDA), an organization that provides support and resources to the nation’s water and wastewater industries. AMERICAN is a member company. Alison Gaston […]