March 2010 Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions

Deepwater EU Ltd., the European subsidiary of Houston-based Deepwater Corrosion Services Inc., has created a protection design and project management center at the University of Surrey Research Park in Guildford, UK.

Manager Geoff Camm said the center will specialize in providing corrosion consultancy from initial design assistance, third-party review, failure investigation and analysis and project managed total project implementation.

Alex Delwiche is the engineering manager of the center. In addition, the center employs several CP designers and project managers from various industry sectors.

The Lincoln Electric Welding School, which has instructed more than 120,000 students since its inception in 1917, has announced its 2010 schedule. Classes are taught by the school’s seven full-time instructors who have more than 100 years of combined industry experience. Courses are designed to teach arc-welding skills that employers need.

Classes range from a six-week basic course to an advanced 15-week comprehensive course, as well as one-week classes on specific welding processes, certification and customized programs. Students spend 80% of their time in the booth learning to weld. Lincoln limits class sizes to 15 students to maximize learning and guarantee one-on-one instruction time. Courses scheduled through December can be seen by visiting www.lincolnelectric.com.

To enhance services to customers, ISCO Industries, a Louisville, KY-based pipe systems solutions company, will soon open a 55,000 square foot, eight-acre distribution facility in Martinsburg, WV. The plant will serve as a major hub for ISCO Industries, servicing most of the Northeast. The main functions of the facility will be to: fabricate high-density polyethylene pipe (HDPE) fittings and custom-designed HDPE structures; stock pipe and accessories from .75 inches to 63 inches in diameter; warehouse, rent, and refurbish McElroy fusion equipment; send out field-service technicians to operate fusion equipment on customer jobsites; and train customers on HDPE pipe properties and operation of HDPE welding equipment.

Dallas, TX-based Driver Pipeline has opened its fifth regional field office in Waskom, TX, 15 miles from Shreveport, LA. Driver chose the site as its primary headquarters for servicing customers in the Haynesville Shale located in Louisiana, southwestern Arkansas and eastern Texas.

Ten Ditch Witch® dealerships were recently honored by The Charles Machine Works, Inc., manufacturer of Ditch Witch products, as members of the 2009 Crescent Club. From sales and marketing to parts and service, these dealerships exhibited extraordinary service to their customers, to the industry, and to the Ditch Witch organization in 2009. Members of the 2009 Crescent Club are: Ditch Witch of West Texas, Inc. (Amarillo, TX), Ditch Witch France (Ablis, France), Ditch Witch of Minnesota, Inc. (Shakopee, MN), Ditch Witch Sales of Mississippi (Pearl, MS), Ditch Witch of South Dakota, Inc. (Sioux Falls, SD), Ditch Witch of Virginia (Glen Allen, VA), Ditch Witch of North Dakota (Mandan, ND), Ditch Witch of Oklahoma (Edmond, OK), Ditch Witch of Michigan (Howell, MI), and Ditch Witch of Ohio, W. PA., & W. NY. (Columbus, OH).