Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Tubular Steel Inc., which stocks over 60,000 tons and ships over two million custom-cut lengths of pipe, tubing, and bar products annually.
Nucor Steel Louisiana DRI Plant to resume operations
Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., announces that its direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana will resume operations by the end of January.
Lindberg/MPH ships gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to marine supplier
Lindberg/MPH, Riverside, Mich., has shipped a gas-fired aluminum stack melting furnace to a leading supplier in the marine industry.
Heat Treater’s Guide Online
Heat Treater’s Guide Online contains recommended practices for heat treating in a broad array of ferrous and nonferrous alloys. Access to this subset of the ASM Materials Information is an exclusive benefit of membership in the ASM Heat Treating Society. Go to the database and explore. Member Access
Head Health Challenge III: Semifinalists Selected
The National Football League (NFL), Under Armour, General Electric , and the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), recently announced the five winners of Head Health Challenge III, an open innovation competition to support the discovery, design, and development of advanced materials that better absorb or dissipate impact.



