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Benteler Steel Tube

Benteler Steel/Tube, a business unit of the global Benteler Group, which is headquartered in Salzburg, Austria, is building a 320,000-ton-per-year facility in Louisiana. Construction is on track to be completed in late 2014, with manufacturing operations beginning in the second half of 2015.

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BENTELER Halts North American Tube Mill Sale

06 February 2023 - BENTELER Group has called off the sale of its Shreveport, La., USA, tube plant to Tenaris, citing strategic and economic reasons. 

New BENTELER Steel/Tube Product Marries Seamless Tube and Machining Steel

15 November 2022 - Austria’s BENTELER STEEL/TUBE has developed seamless tubes made from free-cutting steels, an innovation it says will provide seamless tube solutions for machining companies, machine builders and manufacturers of precision workpieces. 

New U.S. OCTG Mill Begins Ramping Up Production

17 August 2015 - Seamless tubes have begun rolling off the line at Benteler Steel/Tube GmbH's new OCTG mill in Shreveport, La., USA, AMM reports.

Benteler Steel/Tube On Track to Start Production 1 August

10 June 2015 - According to a report by The Shreveport Times, Benteler Steel/Tube is on track to stay with its intended production startup date of 1 August.

Benteler Steel/Tube Marks Opening of World-Class Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Technology

07 November 2014 - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, Benteler Steel/Tube and Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC) marked the opening of BPCC’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Technology on 6 November 2014.

Benteler Places Order for Q&T Line from SMS Elotherm

14 November 2013 - Benteler Steel/Tube from Salzburg, Austria, has placed an order with SMS Elotherm, Germany, for a TemperLine™ for its planned seamless pipe plant in Shreveport, La., USA.

Danieli and Friedrich Kocks to Supply Equipment for Benteler's Tube Mill in Louisiana

17 October 2013 - Benteler announced Danieli will supply a new turnkey seamless tube mill and Friedrich Kocks will supply essential parts of the hot rolling mill for its new facility in Shreveport, La.

Benteler Steel/Tube Breaks Ground on U.S. Facility

17 September 2013 - On 16 September 2013, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Benteler Steel/Tube marked the beginning of the construction on the company’s new hot rolling seamless steel tube mill in Caddo Parish, La., its first manufacturing facility in the United States.

Louisiana Approves Funding for Benteler Steel Project

16 August 2013 - A Louisiana state panel has approved using US$20 million in state Mega Project funding to complete a deal bringing a Benteler Steel manufacturing facility to the Port of Caddo-Bossier, according to a local report from The News Star.

Germany’s Benteler Steel/Tube Selects Louisiana for $900M U.S. Expansion

29 October 2012 - Benteler Steel/Tube announced it will build a new hot rolling tube mill in Caddo, La., strengthening the company’s position in the North American oil country tubular goods (OCTG) market.