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Albina recently bent some 4" Sch40 and 12" Sch40 pipe for a water slide tower at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Arizona.

Governer Kitzhaber and the State of Oregon have recognized the value and importance of the structural steel industry in the Northwest with an official proclamation of September 28, 2012 as SteelDay.

SteelDay is a special once-a-year opportunity for the structural steel industry to celebrate their accomplishments and contributions that organziations associated with steel products make to their communities and to the nation. 

The proclamation states:

WHEREAS: The structural steel industry annually provides structural steel framing systems for more than one billion square feet of new building construction throughout Oregon and other states; and

WHEREAS: The structural steel industry provides employment for more than 185,000 workers in Oregon and other states; and

WHEREAS: The structural steel industry has demonstrated a significant commitment to sustainable construction through the use of structural steel products made from 93% recycled materials from old cars, appliances, stoves, manufacturing waste, curb-side recycling and deconstructed buildings; and

WHEREAS: 98% of the structural steel in a building is recycled at the end of the building's life.

NOW, THEREFORE: John A. Kitzhaber, M.D., Governer of the State of Oregon, hereby proclaim September 28, 2012 to be STEELDAY.

Albina has hosted SteelDay events in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Check back to our website every September for updates on upcoming events.

Albina Pipe Bending provided 90,000#'s of W18 x 106# Wide Flange Beam all bent the hard way to 453.27" and 799.27" Inside Radii, as well as 4" Sch40, 4" XXH, and 4" XH pipe all bent to various configurations for this project.  To read more about the Grand Opening and to see some great pictures of the installed beams, go to the following article in the Seattle Post Intelligence.

Announcing more tools to make your lives a little easier!

"Spiral Math Calculator" now available at https://www.albinaco.com/calculators/spiral-calculator


Albina has also joined the world of social media!
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Important message for steel fabricators, architects, engineers and project managers involved with projects requiring curved steel applications..."Using a third-party bending firm, and getting them involved early on in the design phase, allows you to take on bigger projects and offer more options to your customers." 

If you bring a third party bender into partnership with you, do it as early into the project as possible.  When designs are challenging, it is best to have your bending firm examine the bending design ahead of time so that they can identify potential issues and determine whether or not the desired outcome can be achieved.  All parties involved must agree on all of the critical elements of the project before a single piece of steel is bent.  Early involvement eliminates potential mistakes or misunderstandings later in the process, which could potentially result in scheduling delays or added cost for re-work.

Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc. wrote a case study on Early Involvement and their experiences with working with Columbia Wire & Iron on the bending and fabrication of a spiral staircase and landing at the Allison Inn in Newberg Oregon.  See pages 26-28 in the January/February 2012 Issue of Fabricator http://issuu.com/fabricator/docs/jan_2012_fabricator for more information and details.

Albina Pipe Bending has joined the world of social media to stay better connected with our customers and to ensure that we are providing up-to-date, real-time information about all of the exciting projects and developments in the world of bent steel and rolled metal!

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Log on and check out Albina Pipe Bending Co., Inc.'s new website . We have created a website that provides you with all of the tools and reference material you could ever need to help you with all of your bending needs and questions.

Here are a few reasons you should mark Albina as a favorite!

Our Tech Tool Box feature was created especially for you-our customer! Here you can use our custom designed Bending Calculators to help you with all of your bending calculations, reference our Bending Tolerances, and look up our Tangent Material requirements. COMING SOON- A Spiral Math Calculator to help you with all of your spiral math calculations to create state-of-the-art spiral members .

Check out our modernized Capacities Chart complete with 2D, 3D, photographs and current capacities and capabilities for all of your Structural Bending in addition to Specialty Bending and Plate Rolling needs.

Get all the answers and arguments you could ever need for why architects, designers and engineers should choose curved steel over other architectural building materials and why Albina is the right bender for you in our Why Curved Steel? section.


Tons of other features including:

• The ability to Request a Quote and Attach Drawings

• Extensive Photo Gallery and Video Library

• Bending/Rolling reference material and info broken down by material type, shape and size.

• Product/Applications area highlighting specific product applications over various industries.

• Reference Materials including brochures, technical articles, information on detailing, etc.

We would love to partner with you on your next bending project, please give us a call or email if we can be of assistance! We hope that you find our new site resourceful, effective and easy to use.