Doug Chapman Joins Kelly Pipe

Doug ChapmanDoug Chapman, a prominent PVF manager with over 30 years experience in the industry has joined Kelly Pipe as Manager of the Company's Southeast Region. Doug comes to Kelly from Macsteel Service Centers USA where he was VP Pipe Products for Eastern North America, responsible for marketing and distribution from the Mississippi to the Atlantic. With Kelly, Doug will continue to focus on sales of seamless and welded pipe to the energy, industrial and plumbing industry sectors in the Southeast. The Company intends to establish a major distribution center in Charlotte, North Carolina along with a coastal shipping center to expand its service in this region of the country.

Doug and his wife Julie live in Charlotte. They have three grown children, including one son in high school, and six grandchildren.

Kelly CEO, Len Gross, indicates this expansion enables Kelly to further enlarge its prominence in key business regions throughout the US as well as overseas. Len stated that additional regional penetration is expected as the Company maintains its leadership in carbon steel pipe distribution.