6 PipelineDispatchesContributed by <strong>NASPD</strong> MembersPort of Houston AuthorityHOUSTON, TX — At the Nov. 15 PortCommission Meeting, held at the PortAuthority's Executive Office Building,Chief Executive Officer Alec Dreyer saidsteel continues to be the "bright spot."“All of the growth at the Turning Basin wasrelated to steel," he said. "We've seen anearly 30-percent increase there, whichcorrelates with the higher steel volumes.”Steel tonnage for October was up 49 percentover last year and is up 60 percent in the first10 months of this year. Dreyer said 4 to 4.1million tons were projected for the end of2011.Dreyer said October container activity wasflat, unlike the normal increase in activitythat the Port Authority experiences duringthe holiday season. He said grain alsoshowed a deep decline as an effect of thedrought.Year to date, total ship arrivals for the PortAuthority are up 3.3 percent.Northwest Pipe Company’sHouston Facility ReceivesAPI LicenseVANCOUVER, WA, -- Northwest PipeCompany (NASDAQ: NWPX), an industryleader of engineered welded steel pipe andtube products, recently completed theAmerican Petroleum Institute's (API) auditfor 5CT at its Houston facility.The Houston facility, which manufacturesElectric Resistance Welded (ERW) steelpipe for the Company's Tubular ProductsGroup, has an estimated capacity of 50,000tons per year. With the addition of the APIlicense, the facility can now beginproduction ofAPI grade 2 3/8 and 2 7/8 inchtubing. In addition, the facility willcontinue to supply green tubes suitable forupgrade to a select group of customers.“The achievement of API 5CT status at ourHouston facility is the next step in theplanned expansion of our OCTG productofferings to our API customers," said ScottMontross, COO of Northwest PipeCompany.Aegion CorporationFormed to Serve as NewParent Holding Companyfor InsituformTechnologies and itsSubsidiariesST. LOUIS, MO, – InsituformTechnologies, Inc. (Nasdaq Global SelectMarket: INSU) today announced thecompletion of an internal reorganizationwhereby a new Delaware parent holdingcompany, Aegion Corporation, has beencreated to provide corporate andadministrative services for its operatingsubsidiaries (Insituform Technologies, TheBayou Companies, Corrpro Companies,United Pipeline Systems, CRTS, FibrwrapConstruction Services and Fyfe). In the newstructure, Aegion replaces Insituform as thepublic company, and Insituform and itsformer direct subsidiaries are now directsubsidiaries of Aegion. Aegion's commonstock is traded on the Nasdaq Global SelectMarket under its new symbol “AEGN.”Upon completion of the reorganization andwithout any action on the part of theInsituform stockholders, each share ofInsituform common stock (with its attachedpreferred stock right) was converted intoone share ofAegion common stock (with anattached preferred stock right). Themanagement and board of directors ofAegion are identical to that of Insituformprior to the reorganization, as are thecertificate of incorporation, bylaws andother corporate governance documents.J. Joseph Burgess, President and ChiefExecutive Officer of Insituform, and nowAegion, said: “There are inflection pointsin every company's evolution, momentsthat reflect a major shift in strategy. Thatmoment came for Insituform in 2011 whenfor the first time our global sewercontracting business will represent less than50 percent of our revenue, afterrepresenting approximately 88 percent ofour revenue in 2007. This transition was thedirect result of the implementation of ourstrategic plan to diversify into highergrowth and higher return products andservices in the energy and mining and highgrowth commercial and structuralrehabilitation markets.”Burgess continued: “The Insituform namerepresents where we came from. Itidentified the flagship technology that isclosely aligned to the trenchless sewerrehabilitation business upon which thiscompany depended for so many years. Asone of that industry's most powerful andrecognizable brands, we will continue to usethe Insituform name for our subsidiaries andproducts that operate in the water andwastewater business segments.”“This company has now developed beyondthose roots. Aegion (a combination of theGreek roots “Aegis” meaning a protectiveshield and “Eon” meaning a long period oftime) reflects our new mission of extendingour leadership capabilities to furnishproducts and services to provide long-termprotection for water and wastewater pipes,oil and gas pipelines, as well as commercialand governmental structures andtransportation infrastructure. Our newcorporate name and our new corporatestructure are recognition of the company'sstrategy to continue development in thesenew directions.”“We also expect that the new holdingcompany structure will allow us toreorganize our various operatingsubsidiaries in a more tax efficient manner,(DISPATCHES contd. on pg. 8)HoustonTubulars, Inc.loves ourPipeline magazine,we have comeso far.Thank you toLinda Key andKey & Associatesfor ajob well done.HOUSTON TUBULARS,INCYour ServiceCenterTel: 281.485.9932Email: hti@pdq.net