Serviacero Worthington Opens New Facility in Northern Mexico
08/20/2009 - Worthington Industries joint venture, Serviacero Worthington, completes phase one of its greenfield steel processing facility, located in Mexico’s Monterrey region.
Worthington Industries, Inc. announced that its joint venture, Serviacero Worthington, completed phase one of its greenfield steel processing facility, located in the Monterrey region in Escobedo, Mexico.
Phase one of the Monterrey greenfield is a 65,000-ft2 facility with rail access and includes a 72” x ¼” slitting line and automated packaging line. Phase two is expected to include a cut-to-length line.
The facility will employ approximately 20 in phase one.
“The new Monterrey facility allows us to more efficiently service the increasing number of customers with current and expanding operations in northern Mexico,” stated Benjamin Zermeño, General Manager of Serviacero Worthington. “With the addition of this facility, we are the only steel service center with locations in both north and central Mexico.”
Serviacero Worthington, a 50%-owned joint venture between the Serviacero Group and The Worthington Steel Co., has steel processing facilities in central Mexico in Leon and Queretaro.
