Sarah Charlotte Blair had the idea to organize an iron pipe foundry in the South. This led to the formation of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1905.

During National Engineers Week, we salute the many engineers at AMERICAN and across the country who – like all pioneers – use their knowledge, creativity and sense of adventure to cross frontiers.

Micheline Parkey was named risk manager at AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company earlier this year. In her role, Parkey identifies and manages potential risks for AMERICAN and its subsidiaries.

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.

In 1887, Labor Day was established, and it became a federal holiday in 1894. While Labor Day often signifies the end of summer and until recently the start of a new school year for students, the purpose of the day […]

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 […]

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.

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.

By David Drake, Technical Director for AMERICAN Infrastructure crises are nothing new. In the second half of the 19th century, an emergency referred to as “The Great Stink” caused a public outcry in London. For decades, inhabitants of the area […]

AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company is proud to be an AMERICAN manufacturer. Our products serve as building blocks for U.S. infrastructure, and they also play an important role in the nation’s Water-Energy-Food Nexus.