Tube Manufacturer Completes Alabama Plant Expansion

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources, Incorporated, Houston, Texas). Carbon steel tube and pipe manufacturer, Southland Tube Incorporated (Birmingham, Alabama) is this week winding up an expansion it began early last spring. The company expects to begin production in the newly expanded plant next week.

The $5 million, 78,000 square foot expansion was designed, constructed, and prepared for equipment installation by Brasfield & Gorrie LLC (Birmingham, Alabama). The expansion project included adding a fourth tube mill and a finished-product storage area.

Southland Tube produces structural and mechanical steel tubes, 2-inch to 6-inch rounds and 2-inch to 5-inch square and rectangular tubes, used in many and varied applications, from roll bars on John Deere tractors and car-hauling trailers to service station awnings, as well as for structural applications.