Worthington Steel Announces Pickling Line for Mexico Operations
05/13/2011 - Worthington Industries announces that its Worthington Steel joint venture with Serviacero will expand to include a pickling line in its Monterrey, Mexico facility.
Worthington Industries, Inc. announced expansion plans for its Worthington Steel joint venture with Serviacero, including the addition of a new pickling line in its Monterrey, Mexico, facility. The expansion project will begin immediately.
“We are very pleased to get this expansion underway and begin to offer additional services to our customers in Mexico,” said Chairman and CEO John P. McConnell. “This pickling line, combined with our five other pickling facilities, is a significant expansion of our position as one of the largest independent pickling networks in North America.”
The 160,000-square-foot expansion will have the capacity to process 500,000 tons per year for both tolling and direct customers.
In addition to its Monterrey facility, the Serviacero Worthington, S.A. de C.V. joint venture also has locations in Leon and Queretaro.
Worthington Steel, a Worthington Industries company, is one of America’s largest independent processors of flat-rolled steel. Operating 19 facilities across the United States and Mexico, the company offers one of the widest ranges of services in the industry, including cold-rolling both carbon and stainless steel, configured blanking, cutting-to-length, cleaning and inspecting, acrylic coating, dry lubricating, edging, hot-dipped galvanizing and galvannealing, hydrogen annealing, pickling, slitting, temper rolling and tension leveling.
Worthington Industries is a leading diversified metals manufacturing company with 2010 fiscal year sales of approximately $1.9 billion. The Columbus, Ohio, based company is one of North America’s premier value-added steel processors. Worthington employs approximately 7,000 people and operates 79 facilities in 11 countries.
