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the company will build an Electric Arc Furnace at the same location. The Benteler Group is a global enterprise


that employs 30,000 employees at 170 locations in 38 countries. Benteler Steel/ Tube Division develops and produces customized tubes for selected customer groups and applications. Being a specialist for the manufacturing and processing of seamless hot-rolled steel tubes and seamless cold-drawn precision steel tubes, Benteler Steel/ Tube serves international customers in the automotive, OCTG/line pipe, heat transfer, hydraulics/precision engineering, and construction sectors. y


Baker Receives 2013 AISC T.R. Higgins Award [photo]


> William F. Baker, P.E., S.E., structural engineering partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP in Chicago, is the 2013 recipient of the prestigious AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship Award. Baker is being honored for co-authoring papers on Stability Design of the Bow String Trusses of the Virginia Beach Convention Center and Applications of Structural Optimization in Architectural Design, which were published in the proceedings of the combined 2012 ASCE Structures Congress and 20th Analysis and Computation Specialty Conference. The AISC T.R. Higgins Lectureship


Award is presented annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and recognizes an outstanding lecturer and author whose technical papers are considered an outstanding contribution to the engineering literature on fabricated structural steel. The award, which includes a $15,000 cash prize, will be presented at the 2013 NASCC: The Steel Conference (www.aisc.org/nascc) at America’s Center Convention Complex in St. Louis, April 17-19. “Baker is a visionary engineer who can


explain complex concepts in simple terms,” said Charles Carter, P.E., S.E., Ph.D., AISC vice president and chief structural engineer. “His recent work is groundbreaking in its application of classical methods to make computer solutions more practical and effective.” Each year, the AISC Education


Foundation invites a distinguished panel of industry experts to judge the nominations.


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The jury reflects a blend of professional insight, industry experience, and academic excellence. The following jurors collaborated to select Baker as the recipient of this year’s award: Craig Archacki, P.E., engineering manager, United Steel, Inc., East Hartford, Connecticut; Susan B. Burmeister, P.E., associate, Cagley & Associates, Inc., Rockville, Maryland; Gary T. Fry, P.E., Ph.D., associate professor and director, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Jerome F. Hajjar, P.E., Ph.D., professor and chair, Northeastern University, Boston; Mark V. Holland, P.E., chief engineer, Paxton & Vierling Steel Company, a division of Owen Industries, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska; and Patrick McManus, P.E., S.E., Ph.D., structural technical director, Martin/Martin, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado. Throughout his distinguished career,


Baker has dedicated himself to structural innovation. His best-known contribution has been to develop the “buttressed core” structural system for the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest manmade structure. While widely regarded for his work on super-tall buildings, his expertise also extends to long-span roof structures, such as the Korean Air Lines Operations Hangar and the Virginia Beach Convention Center. He is also the 2010 recipient of the Gold


Medal from the Institution of Structural Engineers (IStructE) and the 2009 recipient and first American to receive the Fritz Leonhardt Preis (Germany). In 2008, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) awarded him the Fazlur Rahman Khan medal. He is a Fellow of both the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the IStructE, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He frequently lectures on a variety of structural engineering topics within the U.S. and abroad. y


Ulven and Samson Collaborate on Lean Manufacturing


> The Ulven Companies (TUC) recently celebrated a successful first year of implementing Lean Manufacturing practices. Lean Manufacturing is a business philosophy that focuses on maximizing customer value by minimizing waste—specifically by eliminating nine main types of waste: transport, inventory, motion, waiting, overproduction, over- processing, defects, environmental/energy, and underutilized people. Ulven Forging has been consulting with Tom Wright-Hay of OMEP (Oregon Manufacturing Extension


WIRE ROPE EXCHANGE Alps Wire Rope


Corporation Mourns Randy Duenn


> In October, Alps Wire Rope Corporation lost a dear friend and colleague, Randy Duenn, to prostate cancer. He worked most of his career


in the wire rope business, starting with UNA-Anchor Wire Rope as Warehouse Manager, then Criterion Metals, and finally Alps Wire Rope Corporation as one of its key Customer Service personnel.


“Those who knew Randy can


certainly attest to his fun-loving nature and positive attitude,” reflects Brad Benner, president of the Saint Charles, Illinois-based company. “He was always attuned to the things that mattered, and seldom wavered in exuding a positive outlook on everything. Anyone who got to know Randy always got to know him. He never held back in displaying his larger-than-life personality.”


Randy is survived by his wife, two daughters, and grandchildren. “He will also be missed by his second family here at Alps Wire Rope,” adds Benner. “If a man’s life is but a vapor, Randy was a giant cumulus cloud at sunset, large and full of color. You will be missed, big guy.” y


Partnership) to implement Lean practices company-wide.


Impressed by TUC’s progress during


a routine vendor visit, Samson, a synthetic rope manufacturer, invited TUC to visit its company to share and compare experiences along the journey toward Lean Manufacturing excellence. The Ulven delegation sent four equipment


operators and four managers on a two-day trip to Samson headquarters in Ferndale, Washington. Tom Arnold, Lean Champion at Ulven, noted, “It has become clear that when a company embraces and embarks on a Lean Manufacturing transformation, it joins a fraternity of companies that are on the same path. One of the core beliefs in Lean is that information hoarding is of


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