US steel mill update
ThyssenKrupp AG is expected to create several thousand more US construction jobs this year as its USD 4 billion steel mill in Alabama remains on schedule for completion. USA: possible power plants in Connecticut
NRG Energy and GE Energy Financial Services from Connecticut are attempting to revive long-dormant plans to build massive new power plants that, if the state agrees to award them long-term contracts, could power nearly a million homes. Pipe saddles
Texas, US-based PT&P has custom designed 78 figure 2000 heavy-duty pipe saddles for two 24in insulated ductile iron pipelines. End mills from Hanita
Hanita has released the new VariMill II End Mills that are suitable for roughing and semi-finishing applications in stainless steels, high-temp alloys, nickel- and carbon-based alloys, and titanium. New bandsaw for integrated cutting center
Sandmeyer Steel Co. has added a new bandsaw to its fully-integrated Bandsaw cutting center. 
Metals USA Holdings has acquired substantially all of the operating assets of VR Laser. 
Kavlico, headquartered in Moorpark, California, US, has designed a pressure sensor, model P265, which utilizes a ceramic capacitive sense element that can withstand exposure to a wide array of compatible liquid and gaseous media. 
COADE has announced its 2009 training schedule for CAESAR II pipe stress analysis software, with the first scheduled for 9-13 February in Houston, Texas. 
US-based AD Products has added the Meriam instrumentation with the MGF16BN Series of battery powered digital pressure gauges to its line. 
Hydro-Québec selected GE Energy to perform a turbine island refurbishment designed to extend the operating life of the 675MW Gentilly-2 nuclear generating station.