Esmark Division to Provide Steel Decking for new Pittsburgh Penguins Arena
05/27/2008 - Esmark’s Wheeling Corrugating division will supply the steel decking requirements to construct the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new state-of-the-art arena.
Esmark Inc. confirmed that its Wheeling Corrugating division will supply the steel decking requirements to construct the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new state-of-the-art arena.
“We are pleased to be part of the team constructing the Pittsburgh Penguins’ new home,” said Chairman and CEO James P. Bouchard. “This award, coupled with our recent award to provide similar product for New York’s Freedom Tower, evidences our visible participation and growing presence in the steel decking industry. As a proud premier sponsor of the Penguins throughout the season and in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, we at Esmark and Wheeling Corrugating want to wish the Pens well in the quest for Lord Stanley’s trophy.”
The arena decking award involves approximately 1000 tons of steel deck and accessory product, which the company expects to produce at its Beech Bottom, W.Va., and Emporia, Va., facilities. Shipments are scheduled to begin in July.
Esmark Inc. is a vertically integrated steel producer and distributor, combining steel production capabilities through both blast furnace and electric arc furnace technologies with the just-in-time delivery of value-added steel products to a broad customer base concentrated in the Ohio Valley and Midwest regions. Currently headquartered in Wheeling, W.Va., the company produces carbon flat-rolled products for a wide range of markets. The company's products include hot rolled, cold rolled, hot dipped galvanized, electro-galvanized, black plate and electrolytic tinplate.
