Lakeside Steel Increases Production at End-Finishing Facility
10/20/2010 - Lakeside Steel Inc. has increased its tubing end-finishing production, which includes the process of upsetting, threading, and pressure testing tube products manufactured at the Welland facility, to meet demand and improve customer service.
Lakeside Steel Inc. has increased its tubing end-finishing production, which includes the process of upsetting, threading, and pressure testing tube products manufactured at the Welland facility, to meet demand and improve customer service.
The company plans to shift current employees and move from a single-shift to a three-shift operation at the end-finishing mill.
Lakeside Steel President and COO Ron Bedard said, "End finishing is a constraining factor in the energy tubular business. Lakeside has made strategic capital investments in both end finishing and our onsite rail system that will allow us to get our product to market in a more timely and cost-effective fashion."
Lakeside Steel is the parent company of Lakeside Steel Corp., a diversified steel pipe and tubing manufacturer located in Welland, Ontario, and Lakeside Steel Alabama Inc., a diversified steel pipe manufacturer that will be strategically situated in the southern United States on successful completion of the construction of the new facility in Thomasville, Ala.
