Nucor Sheet Mill Group

Steel and steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that R. Joseph Stratman, chief digital officer and executive vice president, will retire in June after more than 29 years with the company. Stratman joined the firm in 1989 as controller of Nucor Building...

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., will build a new, $1.35 billion steel plate mill in Brandenburg, Ky. The mill, which will be able to produce 1.2 million tons per year of steel plate products, is expected to be fully operational in 2022, employing more than 400 people. The mill will produce...

Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa Inc. has selected Primetals Technologies to upgrade its plate mill in Alabama. The upgrade includes a new Power Coiler downcoiler with four wrapper roll design, which will enable this facility to produce heavier line pipe gauges for the energy industry. The project is...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp. has announced plans to build a plate mill in the midwestern U.S. The board of directors has approved an investment of $1.35 billion to build the mill, which is expected to be fully operational in 2022 and capable of producing 1.2 million tons per year of steel...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Steel has announced plans to invest $650 million to expand the production capability of Nucor Steel Gallatin, the company's flat-rolled sheet steel mill located in Ghent, Ky. This investment will increase the production capability from 1,600,000 tons to approximately...

Nucor Corp. has announced it will build a galvanizing line at its sheet mill in Arkansas. The $240 million line, with an annual capacity of about 500,000 tons, is expected to be operational in the first half of 2021. This project complements the $230 million investment currently underway to...

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that its Nucor Steel Memphis Inc. division has been certified by Caterpillar Inc. at the platinum level through its Supplier Quality Excellence Process. Nucor Steel Memphis has supplied Caterpillar with engineered long bar in carbon and alloy grades since...

Nucor Corp. has announced that it is investing an estimated $176 million to build a hot band galvanizing and pickling line at its sheet mill in Ghent, Ky. The new line will expand Nucor Steel Gallatin’s product capabilities and have an annual capacity of 500,000 tons. The 72-in. galvanizing line...

Steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has promoted Leon Topalian to executive vice president. He served most recently as vice president and general manager of Nucor-Yamato Steel Co. Topalian began his career with the company as a project engineer at Nucor Steel-Berkeley in 1996...

Steel products manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has acquired the assets of Omega Joist, a subsidiary of Samuel, Son & Co. Ltd. Omega Joist produces open-web steel joists at its manufacturing facility located in Nisku, Alta., and maintains sales offices in western British Columbia and...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Nucor Corp. has agreed to acquire Southland Tube, an independent manufacturer of hollow structural section (HSS) steel tubing in Birmingham, Ala. Southland employs about 280 people, shipping about 240,000 tons of HSS steel tubing annually. Through the acquisitions of...

Steel product manufacturer Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced that John Ferriola, its chairman/CEO/president, has been elected as chairman of the board of directors of the World Steel Association (worldsteel). He has served as vice chairman of the worldsteel board, as a member of the...

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has agreed to acquire Joy Global's steel plate mill in Longview, Texas. The mill, which produces carbon and alloy plate products from 1 to 12 in. thick and up to 138 in. wide with heat-treating capabilities, has an annual capacity of 180,000 tons. It employs about...

Nucor Corp., Charlotte, N.C., has announced the formation of a 50-50 joint venture with JFE Steel Corp. of Japan to build and operate a plant in central Mexico to supply that country's automotive market. The plant is expected to cost $270 million and have a capacity of 400,000 tons per year of...

Nucor Corp. has announced that its direct reduced iron (DRI) plant in Louisiana will resume operations by the end of January 2016. The plant temporarily suspended production at the end of 2015 for planned maintenance, and the company decided not to resume production at that time based on market...