1.   A Hoechst representative said that Hoechst had made the raw material used in the pipe fittings and Shell the raw material for the pipes themselves.

2.   Old ball bearings, pipe fittings and gasoline cans with that musty stale odor of fuel were thick in the weeds.

3.   Sigma is a private manufacturing company that makes industrial pipe fittings.

4.   That includes everything from makers of wiring and pipe fittings to battery makers and electronics recyclers.

5.   The duties do not cover cast pipe fittings, flanges, and threaded fittings.

6.   The European Union said Tuesday it has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on selected iron and steel pipe fittings from China, Croatia, and Thailand.

7.   The European Union said Tuesday it has imposed definitive anti-dumping duties on selected iron and steel pipe fittings from China, Croatia and Thailand.