AISI wins web award
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), the major trade association that speaks on behalf of the North American steel industry, received a Standard of Excellence WebAward in the annual Web Marketing Association competition in the ‘Associations’ category for its Web site, Steelworks. Submerged arc welding system additions
Lincoln Electric has announced the release of the new Power Wave AC/DC 1000 SD and MAXsa drives and controllers. LS A286 stainless steel super alloy
US-based Latrobe Specialty Steel has reintroduced the aerospace Grade LS-A286 to the enthusiastic aircraft fastener and turbine engine supply chains for this vacuum remelted stainless steel super alloy. Titanium Corp. receives project funding
Titanium Corp. Inc.'s "Creating Value from Waste" project has been selected to receive up to USD 4.9 million in financing from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). World’s deepest oil and gas well
Transocean Ltd has announced that its ultra-deepwater semi-submersible rig, Deepwater Horizon, has drilled the deepest oil and gas well ever while working for BP and its co-owners on the Tiber well in the US Gulf of Mexico. 
The Pump Shop, of West Chester, Pennsylvania, US, had introduced the new Surface mount Vertical Turbine (SMVT) pump from ITT Goulds. 
Select-Arc Inc. has introduced a low alloy, gas-shielded, metal cored, nickel-bearing electrode designed to produce fewer slag islands. 
Foster Wheeler AG has announced that, effective 1 January 2010, W Troy Roder will be promoted to the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd (FWEL), which is based in Reading, UK, and is the company’s largest subsidiary in its Global Engineering and Construction Group. 
PBC Linear, headquartered in Rockford, Illinois, US, has introduced stainless steel pillow blocks for their Simplicity linear bearing product lines. 
Concord Steel Inc., which constitutes most of the assets of parent company Stamford Industrial Group Inc., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.