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Maury D. Gaston
Maury D. Gaston is chairman of the Alabama Iron and Steel Council, a council of Manufacture Alabama, and a director and past chairman of the state of Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. Gaston is a mechanical engineering graduate of Auburn University and manager of marketing for American Cast Iron Pipe in Birmingham.
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See recent postsLabor Day is a tribute to those who manufacture, build and grow
Labor Day is a tribute to American labor, to those who manufacture, build, and grow things that make our lives better.
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See recent postsIt’s National Drinking Water Week
Clean water is the greatest advancement in public health in the history of the world.
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See recent postsRecognizing our engineers
This Engineers’ Week is a great opportunity to thank an engineer.
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See recent postsThe Iron Bowl and America’s water pipe
Why is it called the Iron Bowl, who named it that, and why?
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See recent postsLabor Day is a tribute to those who manufacture, build and grow
We observe Labor Day not to usher in football season but to honor those who labor.
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Alabama’s iron and steel industry directly employs 14,900 manufacturing jobs and 76,388 indirect jobs.
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See recent postsThe Iron Bowl and America’s Water Pipe
Why is it called the Iron Bowl, who named it that, and why?
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See recent postsManufacturing Day: Nothing happens without manufacturing
"Here in Alabama, 13 percent of our employment is manufacturing and produces 17 percent of our state economic output."
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"Within Alabama’s iron and steel industry, every day is Labor Day."