Team Cobra, a group of 9-12 year olds from Fargo, North Dakota was challenged with finding a way to improve the way people find, transport, use or dispose of water. The team’s solution, the ‘Freeze Float,’ detects when fire hydrants are full of water and could potentially freeze.
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Reading and writing well is the first step to success. It’s the first step to doing well in school; getting, keeping and advancing in a job; managing personal finances; and being well. Imagine not being able to read the dosing instructions on a bottle of medication when you or a family member is sick.
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How did you use water today? To brush your teeth? To take a shower? To make your morning cup of coffee? We just turn on the tap, and there it is. But, it’s not that simple. Water is delivered to […]
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Van L. Richey, president and CEO of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe, was named among Birmingham’s Most Influential Executives this week by the Birmingham Business Journal. In a Q&A with the newspaper, Richey contributed the company’s success to its people – […]
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This year AMERICAN sponsored room 212 at the American Cancer Society’s Joe Lee Griffin Hope Lodge, which provides cancer patients and their caregivers with free housing during treatment.
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Every year the National Society of Black Engineers hosts SEEK to teach minority students about science, technology, engineering and math. AMERICAN joined in the effort as volunteers presented Foundry in a Box.
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ACIPCO partnered with Metro Changers and Carver High School students to help seniors in the North Birmingham neighborhood by painting houses, replacing roofs and repairing decks.
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Just in time for the community’s annual Christmas Parade, Garney Construction delivered this 60-inch piece of candy-cane-striped AMERICAN ductile iron pipe.
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On Sept. 15, AMERICAN participated in ‘Imagine a Day Without Water’ — a national online movement to raise awareness about the value of water, the country’s aging and failing water infrastructure, and the need for investment.
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The front of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company will be lit in teal at night throughout the month of September as part of a statewide awareness campaign called “A State of Teal.” The purpose is to bring awareness to gynecologic cancers. The campaign […]
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Founded in 1905 in Birmingham, Ala., AMERICAN is a manufacturer of fire hydrants, valves and ductile iron pipe for the waterworks industry and electric-resistance steel pipe for the oil and natural gas industries. AMERICAN’S diversified product line also includes spiral-welded steel pipe and fire pumps.
For more than a century, AMERICAN has been committed to doing things the right way – exceeding customer expectations, caring for our employees and building strong communities.
