Rail products delivered to V&M

Rail products delivered to V&M

PITTSBURGH

Pittsburgh-based L.B. Foster Co. has begun delivery of $3.4 million of rail and track work products for the construction of 8.5 miles of track and other track materials at the new $650 million V&M Star pipe mill.

The new continuous- welded rail is produced by Indiana-based Steel Dynamics, Inc., which welded 240-foot rail sections into 1,600 foot strings and loaded them onto an L.B. Foster work train for delivery to the Ohio project site.

The new rail, track work and rail accessories supplied by L.B. Foster will provide mainline access and in-plant transportation for seamless steel pipe at the new Youngstown mill.

V&M is building the facility to meet the growing demand for small-diameter oil- country tubular goods resulting from the increase in drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica shale regions.

New meeting place for Impact Referrals

YOUNGSTOWN

The Impact Referrals Chapter of BNI has moved to a new location.

Impact Referrals now meets at Marino’s Italian Caf , 5423 Mahoning Ave., Suite A, Austintown.

Impact Referrals is a local chapter of BNI, the world’s largest business-networking organization. BNI is a business and professional referral organization that allows only one person from each profession to join a chapter.

The Impact Referrals Chapter hosts weekly meetings Tuesdays at noon.

Business filings up 3 percent in Ohio

COLUMBUS

New business filings increased 3 percent in 2011, Secretary of State Jon Husted said Tuesday.

There were 82,601 new entities that filed to do business in Ohio in 2011.

In 2010, 80,081 new entities filed.

“When it comes to the number of new businesses choosing to operate in Ohio, our state is heading in the right direction,” Husted said.

New business filings are classified as forms filed with the Ohio secretary of state that declare the formation of a business entity, including for-profit, nonprofit and professional corporations, limited liability companies, partnerships, limited partnerships and limited liability partnerships.

Free File software available online

WASHINGTON

Individuals or families with 2011 adjusted gross incomes of $57,000 or less can use Free File software to file their federal tax returns, which is now available online.

Free File Fillable Forms, the electronic version of IRS paper forms, has no income restrictions.

Seventy percent of taxpayers — 100 million people — are eligible for Free File software.

More than 33 million returns have been filed through Free File since its debut.

For more information, go to www.irs.gov/freefile.

Vindicator staff/wire reports