William H Bingham has been named sales manager at Houston-based Alloy Metals and Tubes International Inc. Mr Bingham, a native of Houston, will be responsible for leading the AMTI sales effort, participating in outside sales and in developing the company’s sales plan. ATMI provides one-stop shopping for a complete list of hard-to-source tubing products. Founded in 1991, the company provides service for customers requiring custom tubes, particularly in the oil and gas sector. The company was acquired by local oil and petrochemical executive Curtis R Kates last May. As sales manager, Mr Bingham will be part of that building strategy. He brings more than 30 years of experience to his new post at AMTI. Bingham was stainless tubing manager at Maxpro South in Houston, where he introduced a stainless steel tubing program in 2003, developing customer base and inventory as well as marketing and distribution procedures. He also worked in sales at PAC Stainless Ltd, was stainless aluminum product manager at Keystone Corp., and was special projects manager at Tubesales in Houston.