Earle M. Jorgensen Co. announced that it will expand its operations in the Northeastern United States with the opening of a new facility in Southington, Conn.

Located in Southington outside of Hartford, the 32,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open on October 1, 2005. The facility, which will enhance and expand service levels in Connecticut and Northeastern New York, is expected to create nine new jobs.

"The opening of this facility continues the Earle M. Jorgensen Co.'s strategy of continually increasing service and delivery levels to our client base in the Northeast. The facility will have an extensive inventory of bar and tube stock and will feature the latest in metal-cutting equipment. This allows us to serve our very demanding client base as they continually seek outsourcing solutions to run their business more cost effectively," said Jim Hoffman, Vice President of Earle M. Jorgensen Co.

Earle M. Jorgensen Co. is one of the largest distributors of metal products in North America, with 37 service and processing centers. The company inventories more than 25,000 different bar, tubing, plate, and various other metal products, specializing in cold finished carbon and alloy bars, mechanical tubing, stainless bars and shapes, aluminum bars, shapes and tubes, and hot-rolled carbon and alloy bars.