The 240 employees who participated in Scale Back Give Back lost a total of 750 pounds. AMERICAN is donating a pound of food for every pound lost by participants to First Baptist Church of ACIPCO, which is located across the […]
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The estimated 100-year-old small diameter water mains coming westward out of Manning, South Carolina, were beginning to show their age. So when it was determined the South Carolina Department of Transportation would soon be resurfacing SC Highway 261, the city knew it was the optimal time to replace these aging smaller mains.
Read MoreThis story also appeared in the August issue of Trenchless Technology. The first horizontal directional drilling (HDD) installation of AMERICAN ductile iron pipe for a cable conduit was completed in Houston, Texas, at the end of 2017. The project was […]
Read MoreIn 1968, Specification Rubber Products celebrated the opening of an 18,000-square-foot facility to produce rubber gaskets for nearby cast iron pipe companies. Its vision: to supply a vital product to the waterworks industry; to provide reliable and meaningful work for area residents; and to be a responsible and valued neighbor to the local community.
Read MoreTeam 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.
Read MoreAMERICAN is working with Metro Changers on several community service projects throughout our neighboring communities in 2018. Recent projects involved replacing leaking roofs and repairing decking on homes in the ACIPCO-Finley, Hooper City and Collegeville neighborhoods. To learn more about […]
Read MoreDid you know AMERICAN Flow Control’s industry experts are ready and waiting to field your technical questions? For owners, engineers and contractors, valve- and hydrant-related questions come up every day, and now answers can be found with a single email to an AMERICAN Flow Control expert.
Read MoreOn the morning of Dec. 12, 2017, about 30 homes in Louisville, Kentucky’s Shelby Park neighborhood were without water, and others were experiencing low water pressure after a massive water main break at the intersection of Clay and Oak streets. More than 20 million gallons of water flooded the neighborhood, covering a three-block area.
Read MoreTo all of our customers and employees, wishing you a magical holiday season and a prosperous new year.
Read MoreMaury D. Gaston has been selected vice chairman of the AISC, which represents the interests of iron and steel producers and their supplier-vendor partners throughout the state.
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