It’s not every day we see a McElroy fusion machine working just a mile up the road from where the equipment is manufactured. As part of its ongoing efforts to identify existing lines that need to be replaced, the City of Tulsa is working with a team from TG Excavating to carry out a pipe bursting project to replace a section of clay sewer pipe with HDPE.
Read MoreThe First TracStar® iSeries Increases Productivity on Virginia Landfill Project
The industry-changing technology incorporated into McElroy’s newest generation of fusion machines was put to the test this past summer, when the TracStar® 900i machine debuted on a job site in Chester, Virginia. The TracStar 900i proved to be an advantage to the team at Wolseley Industrial, who increased job site productivity by nearly 20%, thanks to the new FusionGuide™ Control System, and the machine’s capability to receive software updates in real-time to optimize performance.
Read MoreAround the World: Kazakhstan
An emerging market in the thermoplastic pipe industry is Kazakhstan. KATCO, the world’s largest ISR uranium miner, sent its chief engineer, Pierre Costermans, to tour our U.S. manufacturing facilities in December after McElroy came highly recommended for an HDPE project.
Read MoreIndustry Scholarship Invests in Higher Education
McElroy believes in continued learning and building a foundation for the future. Since 2005, we have invested in higher education through the Panny McElroy Distributor Scholarship program.
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