Tim O'Toole
STI/SPFA recently spoke with Emily Stewart, National Sales Manager of Light Products and Marketing Manager at The Strong Company, Inc., about her career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell…
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CB&I New Castle in New Castle, Del. was awarded the 2023 STI/SPFA ASME Pressure Vessel of the Year for the Liquid Hydrogen/Gateway Project project. We had an opportunity to speak further with…
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Persistence doesn’t always look like progress. It’s not a trophy or a headline. It’s the decision to keep showing up, especially when the numbers don’t break your way. For many…
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STI/SPFA recently spoke with Cindy Patton, Regional Sales Manager at Seal for Life Industries, about her career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the history of your…
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On Tuesday, July 22, and Wednesday, July 23, the STI/SPFA leadership, member companies, and the Vogel Group traveled to Washington, D.C., for our annual fly-in. The goal was to meet…
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I still remember the morning at Con Expo, the largest trade show in the construction industry, when I was running on empty and in desperate need of coffee. My day…
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A core goal of U.S. trade policy over the last decade has been reshoring manufacturing back to the United States and strengthening the domestic industry for economic and national security.…
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The 2025 USA Reshoring Survey of 500 U.S. manufacturers, a collaboration between the Reshoring Initiative and Regions Recruiting, reached an actionable conclusion. A sufficient quantity and quality of U.S. workforce would bring…
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STI/SPFA recently spoke with Bob Giammaruti, CEO at Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation and Worldwide Air Coolers LLC, about his career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the…
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The Steel Tank Institute/Steel Plate Fabricators Association (STI/SPFA) held its first Legislative Fly-In on July 22-23, 2025, in Washington, D.C. “We had very good meetings with each Senator and Representative,…
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