January 2011 - MST Seamless Tube & Pipe, South Lyon, Mich., increased its total number of hourly and salaried employees to 250, which is near pre-recession numbers. In 2010, the company has seen an increase in distributor and OEM sales of mechanical tubing and steady sales of boiler and pressure tubing. "Hiring in new employees is our small way of doing all we can to help revive Michigan’s grim unemployment rate," said Les Whitver, vice president of operations, in a press release.