TOKYO -- Kanematsu and JFE Steel will build a pipe processing plant in Texas, increasing U.S. output by 50% with the aim of tapping into growing demand generated by the shale oil and gas boom.

TMK Neftegazservice (TMK NGS, part of the Pipe Metallurgical Company) has upgraded pipe processing equipment together with TMK Technical Service (TMK Techservice), the unified maintenance operator of ...