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United Spiral Pipe Breaks Ground for New Facility

PITTSBURG, Calif., Feb. 29 -- PRNewswire -- United Spiral Pipe, LLC, a joint venture of United States Steel Corporation, POSCO and SeAH Steel Corporation today broke ground for a state-of-the-art spiral welded pipe manufacturing facility. The new plant will have world-class pipe making and coating facilities and be capable of producing 300,000 net tons of API specification line pipe per year in outside diameters ranging from 24 inches to 64 inches. The facility will also benefit from an advanced and automated two-step welding process that will differentiate United Spiral Pipe from its competitors…Read more here.

Gov. Schwarzenegger Congratulates United Spiral Pipe Company for Building Plant in Pittsburg, CA

Joint venture with Korean Company Makes $93M investment in California

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger today applauded the United Spiral Pipe Company for choosing Pittsburg, California, as the site for its new pipe manufacturing plant.  The company is a joint venture by U.S. Steel, South Korean steelmaker POSCO and South Korean tube products maker SeAH.  Once this new plant is complete in 2008, it will produce large-diameter steel pipes.
"This is more good news for California's economy because this project represents a $93 million investment and the creation of up to 175 well-paying jobs," said Governor Schwarzenegger. "I want to encourage even more businesses to invest in California and take advantage of our great location, friendly business climate and highly-qualified workforce." Read more here.