A Texas company that manufactures a complete range of seamless and welded steel tubular products recently celebrated the reopening of its plant in Conroe, which will include the restart of heat treating capabilities.
Tenaris had suspended operations at the Conroe mill, which is located about 40 miles north of Houston, for three years due to an economic slowdown in the oil & gas industry. The plant is now heat treating and finishing pipe from Tenaris’s mill in Bay City, Texas, to support the ramp-up of domestic production. Tenaris invested approximately $7 million USD to ready the plant for operations, including safety, training, equipment and systems upgrades.
“I want to thank our employees, many of whom have returned to the plant and those who are new to Tenaris, for their dedication to completing a safe, and successful, start-up,” said Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA. “Our Conroe facility is playing an important role in the resurgence of US manufacturing.”
Photo credit: Tenaris / Photo caption: From left to right: Roberto DeHoyos, Tenaris Vice President of Public Affairs; Germán Curá, Vice Chairman, Tenaris Board of Directors; U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady; and Luca Zanotti, Tenaris President, USA tour the reopened plant in Conroe during an event held on October 19, 2018.
