Effective retroactively to June 17, 2015, the antidumping duty orders on imports of Stainless Steel Wire Rod (SSWR) from Italy and Spain are revoked. Customs will terminate the suspension of liquidation and discontinue the collection of cash deposits on entries of SSWR from Italy and Spain, entered or withdrawn from warehouse on or after June … Continue reading Some Duties on Stainless Wire Rod Are Revoked
August 5, 2016 Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc. (KCI), announced it has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Strand-Tech Martin, Inc. (STM), located in Summerville, South Carolina. STM is a producer of PC strand and industrial wire for pre-stressed concrete and post-tension markets and manufactures a full line of PC strand and high carbon … Continue reading Membership Changes
On August 4th, Hickory Springs, hosted the Congressman for the 10th District of North Carolina. The plant is located near Charlotte and will also host this years’ AWPA Operations Managers Meeting in September. “It was certainly a pleasure for us to visit with you at Hickory Springs. …the Congressman thoroughly enjoyed his visit, and really … Continue reading Congressman Patrick McHenry Visits Hickory Springs
Calling all Plant Managers and Human Resource (HR) Managers!! AWPA has put together an amazing program for the Operations Managers Meeting September 28-29, 2016, in Charlotte, NC. In addition to the plant tour – at Hickory Springs – the program is a two-day seminar that will provide you with a plan for enhancing your Recruitment, … Continue reading AWPA Operations Meeting Registration OPEN
Calling all Plant Managers and Human Resource Professionals Registration is now OPEN for the Operations Managers Meeting to be held September 28-29, 2016, in Charlotte, NC. HSM Wire Technology has graciously agreed to host a tour of their Hickory Springs Plant. This will be new format for this meeting. AWPA is conducting a two-day workshop … Continue reading Register for the Operations Managers Meeting
On July 13, AWPA leadership went back to Capitol Hill to thank three more Congressmen and women and to present them with a plaque commending the work they did to support the passage of the ENFORCE Act. Representatives Lou Barletta (R-11-PA), Linda Sanchez (D-38-CA) and Patrick J. Tiberi (R-12-OH) were all gracious and very pleased … Continue reading AWPA Presents Three More Legislators with Plaques
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) made its determinations in the third sunset review of the antidumping (AD) orders on stainless steel wire rod from Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain, and Taiwan. The ITC made negative determinations with respect to Italy and Spain with a vote of four-to-two on Italy and unanimous on Spain. As the … Continue reading ITC Sunsets Some of the Antidumping Orders on Stainless Steel Wire Rod
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has amended the final results of its recently completed administrative review of the antidumping (AD) order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico for the period from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2014. The DOC originally calculated a final weighted-average dumping margin of 1.54% for … Continue reading Change to AD Order on Wire Rod from Deacero
On behalf of the AWPA, we wish to convey sincere Congratulations to Heather Outhuse, Director of Meetings and Membership, on the arrival of her twin boys on Saturday, July 2, 2016. Maximilian Artemis was born at 1:12 pm and Augustus Emerson was born a minute after his big brother at 1:13 pm, both weighed in at 4lbs 14oz. Everyone is … Continue reading The Babies Have Arrived
Twice a year, federal agencies publish their Regulatory Agendas and Regulatory Plans. The activities included in the Agenda are, in general, those that will have regulatory action within the next 12 months, including combustible dust, hazardous air pollutant reporting, lockout-tagout, and HAZMAT emergency preparedness grants. Click here for a summary of the regulations that could impact wire … Continue reading Updated 2016 Regulatory Agenda
