Synalloy's Bristol Metals Subsidiary Awarded Major Pipe Contract for Nuclear Facility

SPARTANBURG, S.C., Aug. 22, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synalloy Corporation (Nasdaq:SYNL), a producer and fabricator of stainless steel and carbon pipe and piping systems and producer of specialty chemicals, announces that its Bristol Metals, LLC (BRISMET) subsidiary has been awarded a project contract by Bechtel. The project is for essential service water buried pipe replacement and is nuclear safety related. BRISMET is an ASME "NPT" (nuclear) certificate holder for the manufacture of welded pipe.

The scope of the project encompasses approximately six miles of fusion bond epoxy-coated pipe with pipe bends, fittings and flanges. Production is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2012 and should be completed in the middle of 2013.  Located in Bristol, TN, Bristol Metals is a leader in welded pipe and piping systems in the United States and has been an industry leader in stainless, duplex, super duplex, 6 moly, nickel alloy and titanium welded steel pipe manufacture since 1941.

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Released August 22, 2012