ASSOCIATION OF WOMEN IN THE METAL INDUSTRIES

June 2016 Volume 3, Issue 6

AWMI METALLICMISSIVES

Congratulations to AWMI Philadelphia Chapter Vice President Amy Beard (of Quaker Chemical, an AWMI Corporate Member) who with her client form Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa were third runners up for the AIST Hunt-Kelly Outstanding Paper Award.

April Pitts from Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa was recognized for her contributions with one of three 2015 AIST Member Chapter Service Awards. AWMI had a booth in the exhibition hall that was staffed by members from the Pittsburgh, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia and New York chapters.

Highlights from AISTech 2016

By Becky E. Hites

Inside this issue:

Company Spotlight: Swepco Tube 2

Annual Conference 3

2016 NY Chapter Board 4

Contact Addresses 4

2016 NY Chapter Calendar 4

NY Chapter Companies 3

Editor: Becky E. Hites Co-Editor:

A genuine leader is not a seeker of consensus,

but a molder of consensus.

Frank Reagan, Blue Bloods

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Gerdau Rejoins AWMI As A Corporate Member

We were pleased to have Gerdau return to AWMI as a corporate member. In January, the AWMI TN Chapter hosted a tour of Gerdau’s Jackson, TN plant where the opening presentation highlighted, among other things the

Gerdau Code of Ethics

Be the Customer’s Choice

Safety Above All

Respected, Engaged & Fulfilled Employees

Pursing Excellence with Simplicity

Focus on Results

Integrity with all Stakeholders

Economic, Social and Environmental Sustainability

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A global leader in the production of stainless steel and nickel alloy welded pipe and tubing, the name Swepco has been synonymous with high alloy, corrosion resistant products for the process industries for over 65 years. Swepco has not only provided the special products used in very stringent applications, but has backed that product with service and technical support. As an ASME Section I, Section III and Section VIII certificate holder, Swepco can provide the technical and manufacturing expertise for all your critical applications requiring high performance materials.

Technology & Talent

Swepco is constantly improving its manufacturing capabilities and upgrading its ability to service the needs of the process industries. A wide range of sizes and alloys are available from short runs, quick lead-time to larger production runs and longer lead-times. Special sizes, alloys and unique products can be readily produced for use in the most critical applications.

Swepco Capabilities

Size range Pipe-4" IPS through 36" IPS schedule 5 through 160, Tubing-5" OD through 48" OD, Walls .065" through 2.500". Custom diameters and wall thicknesses within those size ranges also available. Lengths to 40 feet long without a circumferential weld and produced with one longitudinal weld seam. Swepco also produces rolled and welded cylinders in diameters up to 96". Walls through 2.188" thickness can be autogenously welded (without filler metal) for complete conformance to the ASME SA-312 requirements. Swepco can produce products conforming to many other codes and specifications as well.

Structural Tubing:

Square tubing 3" x 3" through 24" x 24".

Rectangles 3"x 4" through 23" x 24".

Walls .188" through 1" thickness.

Structural sizes through 12" x 12" x 1/2" wall thickness are produced from tube rounds having 1 longitudinal weld seam. Larger sizes and heavier wall thicknesses may have 2 longitudinal seams.

Alloys and Metals

All weldable grades of stainless steel, nickel alloys, Alloy 20, 276, duplex grades, 6-moly grades, aluminum, titanium, copper alloys and many other exotic metals and alloys can be supplied by Swepco.

All items are made to order with lead-times in as little as one week if required. For more information, please visit the website at www.swepcotube.com.

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Company Spotlight: Swepco Tube Excerpted from the websites; used with permission

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NY Chapter Companies

A big shout-out of thanks to the companies of members in our chapter!

Alumet Supply

Arco Steel Company

Byram Steel Trading

C&K Scrap

Calibre Group

Delaware Steel Co of PA

Diamond Brite Metal Processing

Dynasty Metals

Gerber Metal Supply Co.

Julius Blum & Co.

Metal Cutting Corp

Olympic Steel

Optima Specialty Metals

Rotor Clip

Samuel, Son & Co.

Sancap Abrasives

Shale-Inland Holdings

Sims Metal Management

Steel-Insights

Steiner Industrial

Swepco Tube

Tomra North America

Uttam Galva North America

PLAN TO ATTEND AWMI’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE

GROWTH ~ EDUCATION ~ NETWORKING ~ MENTORING

NY Chapter Board

President Becky E. Hites Steel-Insights, LLC Vice President Position Open Secretary Renee DeGrote Swepo Tube Treasurer Dianne Kaltenbach Retired Membership Marianne Steiner Steiner Industrial Golf Outing Cheryl Coelho Rotor Clip Golf Outing Pat Cardamone Steiner Industrial Attorney Position Open

CONTACT ADDRESSES

Mailing Address PO Box 133 Union, NJ 07083 AWMI.NewYork@gmail.ccom Meeting Locations Galloping Hill Golf Club 3 Golf Drive Kenilworth, NJ 07033 Phone: 908-686-1556 www.gallopinghillgolfcourse.com

LaGriglia Seafood Grill & Wine Bar 740 Boulevard Kenilworth, NJ 07033 Phone: (908) 241-0031 www.lagriglia.com Redd’s Restaurant & Bar 317 Washington Avenue Carlstadt, NJ 07072 Phone: 201-933-0015 www.reddsrestaurant.com

August 25 (Thursday) – Golf Outing, Galloping Hill Golf Club, Kenilworth, NJ September 13 (Tuesday) – WEBINAR – 1:30 p.m. - The Increasing Importance of Microstructure in the Next Generation Steels, Jackie Stachowski, Nucor Corp. November 3 (Thursday) – Sims Metal Management Recycling Facility Tour, Brooklyn, NY November 10-12 (Thur-Sat) – AWMI 2016 Annual Conference, Orlando, FL

2016 NY Chapter Calendar