Tim O'Toole
STI/SPFA Standards Engineer, Joe Mentzer, had the opportunity to attend the API 2024 Fall Refining and Equipment Standards Meeting in Dallas. Below are notes of interest for STI/SPFA members. This…
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On behalf of the STI/SPFA Legislative Advocacy Committee, we are excited to share that Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have released a discussion draft of their…
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Pipe reactors in Ammonium-Nitrate (AN) plants suffer from short lifetimes due to serious corrosion and erosion issues. NobelClad’s DetaPipe™ coupled with its highly used and recommended DetaClad™ solution could provide…
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STI/SPFA recently spoke with Sean Rezin, Executive Vice President of USEMCO, about his career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the history of your company. Sean Rezin: USEMCO is…
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The biggest obstacle to skills training and successful apprentice programs is recruitment, specifically overcoming the “college for all” belief that the route to career and financial success starts with a…
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To capture the essence of the Thanksgiving season, the Reshoring Initiative would like to give thanks to the many companies that reshored, the government programs that helped to incentivize companies…
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If you read my columns regularly, you know I enjoy employing sports analogies. It is not just that I love sports, which I do — Go Bengals. The parallels between…
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Paul Bolin had a successful career as the Vice President of Sales for Kennedy Tank and Manufacturing in Indianapolis for twenty-seven years before retiring. Paul recently joined Dan Yoder, Vice…
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“It’s impossible to compete in this tight market as there’s always too much competition.” “The only way I get any jobs is when we leave too much money on the…
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STI/SPFA recently spoke with Greg Brown, President of Malta Dynamics, about his career in the steel fabrication industry. STI/SPFA: Tell us about the history of your company. Greg Brown: Malta…
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