Wheatland Tube, a JMC Steel Group operating company, will revitalize its Council Avenue location in Wheatland, Pa.
The company is adding new equipment, realigning the manufacturing footprint and automating many processes in the facility. Over the next two years, the $35 million investment will create a safer, cleaner workplace, eliminate production bottlenecks, reduce work in process inventory levels, enhance production efficiencies and improve product quality and customer service.
“We know that the products this facility produces are both unique to the industry and second to none in their quality,” said Barry Zekelman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of JMC Steel Group. “For years we have discussed the need to update the equipment and production environment of this facility in order to continue to successfully compete at a global level. We are proud to take this step with the employees of Council Avenue and the Wheatland Tube community.
“We believe in the products that this facility produces and the people that produce them,” Zekelman says. “The result will be a revitalized and modernized facility which will be poised to aggressively grow the standard pipe market and compete long into the future.”
“This project represents an incredible investment in Wheatland Tube by JMC Steel Group and the Zekelman family for our customers and employees,” said Mark Magno, president of Wheatland Tube. “For years, this facility has been negatively affected by high levels of unfairly traded imports. The new equipment and revitalized facility will allow us to provide our customers with unmatched quality and service.”