Northwest Pipe to Expand Atchison Tubular Facility
02/03/2011 - Northwest Pipe Co. announced plans to expand its Atchison, Kan., mill facility. The expansion will increase the facility’s production capacity by more than 50%, improve productivity and enable the Group to produce product up to 0.375 inch wall.
Northwest Pipe Co. announced plans to expand its Atchison, Kan., mill facility.
The Atchison location — home to one of three Tubular Products Group locations — currently operates two pipe mills with a product range of 3.5 to 16 inches outside diameter and wall thickness up to 0.281 inches. The planned expansion will increase the facility’s production capacity by more than 50%, improve productivity and enable the Group to produce product up to 0.375 inch wall.
"This expansion is an important step forward for our Atchison facility. Being able to produce standard wall pipe products will greatly increase the markets available to us and enhance our ability to serve both our API and ASTM customers," said Rich Roman, CEO Northwest Pipe Company.
The expansion is anticipated to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2011.
Northwest Pipe comprises two business groups. Its Water Transmission Group is the leading supplier of large diameter, high-pressure steel pipe products used primarily for water transportation infrastructure. Its Tubular Products Group manufactures smaller diameter steel pipe for many applications including energy, industrial, construction, agricultural, traffic and other commercial and industrial uses. The company is headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., and has manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico.
Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., Northwest Pipe's Tubular Products Group operates three ERW (Electric Resistance Weld) mill facilities in the United States. Tubular's products serve a wide-range of applications including: energy, oil and gas, structural, industrial, fire protection, low pressure and agricultural.
