Ellwood Quality Steels New Castle Melt Shop
Large load · 700 MORAVIA STREET, New Castle, PA
Ellwood Quality Steels operates an electric arc furnace melt shop at 700 Moravia Street in New Castle, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. The plant produces carbon, alloy, tool and stainless steel ingots for forging, ring rolling and heavy plate applications. Ellwood Group Inc is the parent company.
Overview
EQS celebrated producing the 250,000th heat in the melt shop that opened in 1985. It is a producer of carbon, alloy, tool and stainless steel ingots for the aerospace, defense, space and energy industries. Ingots can be further refined in its Vacuum Arc Remelt or ElectroSlag Remelt furnaces, installed in 2019, and the plant has six VAR and two ESR furnaces.
Profile
- Electricity and grid
- A 2018 utility filing for a Cedar Street-New Castle 138 kV transmission line tap states that Pennsylvania Power Company will own the last span, which connects to Ellwood Steel's substation, at a cost of approximately $14,000 paid by Ellwood Quality Steels. A 2007 company release refers to a 35/42 MVA EAF transformer being installed during that year's summer shutdown.
- Expansion
- In June 2018 contractors were erecting the first steel beams of a $60 million expansion at Ellwood Quality Steels. In April 2024 ELLWOOD announced final approval to install a 20-ton vacuum induction melting furnace at New Castle, and in June 2025 the company announced that construction of the new VIM had begun.
- Ownership
Facility
- Activity
- Specialty steel ingots
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Reported Feb 21, 2024
Related records
Timeline
- Jun 7, 2018
- Steel erected for a $60 million remelting expansion.
Steel Rising At EQS Expansion Site - Business Journal Daily | The Youngstown Publishing Company
- Apr 22, 2024
- ELLWOOD announced final approval of a 20-ton VIM furnace at New Castle.
ELLWOOD TO INSTALL 20-TON VACUUM INDUCTION MELTING FURNACE
- Jun 15, 2025
- Company announced construction of the new VIM had begun.
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