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Article: Prolamsa opens first facility in United States.(METAL INDUSTRY NEWS)(Brief article)
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- Metal Center News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2009
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Prolamsa USA has begun production of mechanical tubing at its first U.S. manufacturing facility, located in Laredo, Texas. The facility, which will produce mechanical tubing from 0.5 to 2.5 inches, also includes a cut-to-length line.
In addition to manufacturing mechanical tubing, the Laredo facility will stock both mechanical and structural steel tubing. A second facility in Laredo will stock metal building shapes and components, such as C- and Z-purlins, angles and channels, and slit red primered coils.
"These facilities will enable us to provide our U.S. customers faster deliveries, quicker turnaround times and JIT stocking programs," says Jean-Marie ...