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Last month, Manchester Tank and Equipment announced it acquired the business assets related to the tank refurbishment and tank recertification business of DITECH TESTING, a Canadian company. Ditech’s industry-leading innovation and quality complements Manchester Tank’s product offering, brings additional value to its customers and promotes continuous improvement across operations. Read more: https://bit.ly/4bV7kWq.

Severe weather is here across the U.S., and it pays to be iron strong for your communities. In Woodward, Oklahoma, Northwestern Electric Cooperative experienced a straight-line wind event last summer that knocked down several wood poles. But as you can see in these photos, their ductile iron poles stood resilient. Northwest Electric Coop is using ductile iron poles throughout their system to prevent a cascading failure of wood poles when a wind or ice event happens, and this summer their grid is stronger than ever. https://bit.ly/3RtGa0y

Did you know McWane Ductile iron pipe is recyclable? This provides a stronger, safer and more sustainable alternative that outlasts other materials. Additionally, the larger inside diameter of Ductile iron pipe (compared to substitute materials) means that, for a given flow, it takes less energy to pump through ductile pipe. With its wall thickness and corrosion control, Ductile iron pipe has a minimum anticipated service life of 100 years. Learn more about our sustainability efforts: https://lnkd.in/gJ2rRTKK. 

Happy Independence Day! Today, we celebrate American-made products and manufacturing. We’re proud of the work we accomplish with amazing team members to provide high-quality products for communities across the nation.

Kennedy Valve Company participated in the United Way of the Southern Tier’s “Day of Action,” where team members volunteered their day at the local Corning Youth Center. A very special thanks to Alex Fresonke, Tracy Barchet, TJ Gillette, Gene Patterson, Liz Hickox, Dan Burczynski, Stephen Hum, Cherise Haase and Chris Abernatha for their time and efforts! Our team helped with organizing the quiet and art room, washing windows, cleaning the garden bed, tarp and mulching the flower area and cleaning around the building of unwanted weeds and brush.

Recently, Clow Valve Company competed in the 2024 Ergo Cup with their Slag Cart Dumper. This product solves several ergonomic risks, including neck, lower back, and upper and lower extremity injuries, to reduce safety hazards. Bibby Ste-Croix participated in the competition with their Whellabrator Hooks project, which reduces ergonomic risks by using a set of hooks for better posture while drilling holes in podotactile plates. The Ergo Cup is a great event for companies to develop new products and ideas to reduce and prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders and other injuries. #SafetyMonth

At the McWane family of companies, we make ductile iron products, including pipe, valves, hydrants, fittings and plumbing products, and manufacture fire extinguishers, fire suppression systems and steel pressure vessels that last for generations. View our family of companies to help you with your next project. McWane.com/businesses/

M&H Valve Company and Tyler Union recently welcomed Alabama Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) students at Signing Day. FAME is an apprenticeship-style program that allows students to attend class 2 days a week and work 3 days a week in a local advanced manufacturing facility. The two-year technical associate degree combines a cutting-edge curriculum that supports advanced manufacturing technology, paid working experience, and learning highly sought-after business principles and best practices of a world-class manufacturer. Read more: https://bit.ly/3V3X1Z5. M&H Valve students: Christopher Alvarez Jackson Long Jordan Veal Tyler Union students: Douglas Baker Julius Scott

What a great time! Tyler Pipe and Coupling and McWane Plumbing Technical Service played host to the Women of ASPE (American Society of Plumbing Engineers) for a foundry tour earlier this spring in Texas. We’re appreciative of all the work the Women of ASPE do to help women reach their professional and personal goals in the plumbing industry.

McWane and Junior Achievement of Alabama announce the capital campaign for the McWane Economic Education Center in downtown Birmingham! Will and Kaitlin McWane, along with the McWane family, have donated $4 million to the project. The Junior Achievement McWane Economic Education Center will provide experiential learning of financial literacy, work readiness, and entrepreneurship to more than 20,000 students each year.