AMERICAN Videos
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Modernizing Innovation Through Customer-Focused Change
7/11/2025
In this episode of the Water Online Show, host Angela Godwin speaks with Kyle Couture, Marketing Services Manager for American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO), live from ACE.
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American Ductile Iron Plant Tour 2021
6/7/2021
AMERICAN’s ductile iron pipe in diameters from 4 to 64 inches is proudly made at our company’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Since 1905, we’ve been making products essential to our nation’s water infrastructure and in turn, our nation’s public health and safety. In this video, a tour of our Ductile Iron Pipe manufacturing facility, we take a look inside to see how it’s made. From a source of recycled iron and steel, through high-tech quality control, to fuel-efficient shipment by rail to 11 logistics centers across the country, AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe has been sustainable long before sustainable was cool. This 5:11 video shows how.
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Introduction To The Captivator Locking Fire Hydrant Cap Video
5/17/2012
The Captivater from AMERICAN Flow Control helps prevent unauthorized hydrant use, reduces water theft, reduces hydrant vandalism, and lowers operation costs.
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New Solutions For Smarter Water Systems
7/13/2025
The Water Online Show catches up with Derek Scott and John Helf of American Flow Control to discuss two exciting product innovations and the company’s long-standing culture of excellence. Beyond the technical innovations, John shares how American Flow Control’s century-old “Golden Rule” culture — rooted in servant leadership and hiring for integrity — continues to set the company apart.
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Ductile Vs. Gray Iron
11/30/2012
The selection of materials for engineered products is a key decision. It impacts the manufacturer, installation, reliability and long-term costs of water works systems. Two materials with a long history of service in the water works industry are ductile and gray iron. AMERICAN answers your questions about each in this video.
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A Century Of Investing
6/2/2023
Discover how AMERICAN continues to make significant investments in its facilities, equipment and systems.
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AMERICAN Products Used In Cobb-Marietta West Side Loop Project
11/18/2016
Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority’s West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is being conducted to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. AMERICAN provided approximately 30,000 feet of 48-inch-diameter V-Bio wrapped ductile iron pipe and more than 20 resilient wedge gate valves with Flex-Ring® ends in sizes 24 to 48 inches in diameter.
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AMERICAN Experts Discuss Aging Water Infrastructure
12/15/2014
Out of sight, the country’s underground water infrastructure is aging and failing. In this interview, AMERICAN’s Derek Scott and Maury Gaston discuss the problem, challenges facing cities, and the latest technologies for providing and protecting one of our most precious resources — water.
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Hydrant: Introduction To The Captivater Locking Fire Hydrant Cap
11/30/2012
The Captivater helps prevent unauthorized hydrant use, reduces water theft, reduces hydrant vandalism, and lowers operation costs. Its universal design fits EVERY hydrant from EVERY manufacturer, regardless of year or model. Watch this video to learn more.
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AMERICAN Flex-Ring Joint Pipe
7/25/2011
Combining the sealing features of the time-proven Fastite joint and a boltless restrained connection, AMERICAN Flex-Ring joint ductile iron pipe provides flexible, easily assembled, positive restraint against endwise separation due to thrust.