Steel Dynamics Engineered Bar Products Division (Pittsboro)
Large load · 8000 N CO RD 225 E, Pittsboro, IN
Steel Dynamics' Engineered Bar Products Division at 8000 North County Road 225 East in Pittsboro, Hendricks County, Indiana, is an electric arc furnace mill that makes special-bar-quality (SBQ) round bars and round-cornered squares. Steel Dynamics acquired the mill out of bankruptcy and restarted it in January 2004. With 950,000 tons of annual production capacity, it is among the largest single-site SBQ facilities in North America.
Overview
Steel Dynamics acquired the Pittsboro mill out of bankruptcy and restarted it in January 2004, after it had sat idle. Production volume grew rapidly after the restart, and an on-site bar-processing and finishing facility was added in 2006.
Profile
- 2007 melt shop and rolling mill upgrade
- The Steel Dynamics board approved $35 million to raise SBQ capacity from about 500,000 to about 725,000 tons a year. Roughly $10 million went to electric arc furnace and continuous caster modifications and about $25 million to rolling-mill and reheat-furnace upgrades, with the bulk of the work due in 2007.
- 2012 second rolling line
- In February 2012 the board approved an expansion that adds a second rolling line, allowing concurrent production of small-diameter precision bars and larger-diameter bars. It raised annual capacity from 625,000 tons to 950,000 tons, a 52 percent increase, and was expected to potentially double bar-finishing inspection capacity.
Facility
- Activity
- Special-bar-quality (SBQ) round bars and round-cornered squares made from electric arc furnace steel
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Related records
Timeline
- Jan 1, 2004
- Steel Dynamics restarts the mill it acquired out of bankruptcy.
Steel Dynamics earmarks $35M to upgrade Indiana mill
- Feb 16, 2012
- Board approves expansion adding a second rolling line, taking capacity from 625,000 to 950,000 tons.
Steel Dynamics to Expand Production of Special-Bar-Quality Steels - Steel Dynamics