SWVA, Inc. (Steel of West Virginia), Huntington
Large load · 2ND AVE & 17TH STREET, Huntington, WV
Steel of West Virginia (SWVA) is the Huntington, West Virginia, long-products mill of Steel Dynamics, founded in 1907 and acquired by Steel Dynamics in 2006. The site makes hot-rolled carbon steel long products, including rail sections, merchant beams and channels, and custom special shapes, and it adds fabrication and finishing. In November 2025 the company said it would idle its 1950s-era melt shop and keep investing in its two rolling mills. The change was reported as cutting about 100 jobs, leaving about 500 at the site.
Overview
Steel of West Virginia announced on November 12, 2025 that it would idle its melt shop in Huntington. The Herald-Dispatch says the company called the 1950s vintage melt shop at the end of its life cycle. A photo caption in the same newspaper's later editorial describes recycled scrap being melted in an electric arc furnace at the site. AIST reports that the company will permanently close its dual-furnace meltshop. Scrap Monster reports that the decision was made so the company can focus on and invest in its two rolling mills in Huntington, and that the closure affects jobs at the site.
Profile
- Rolling mill investment
- The company plans a multi-year investment campaign of approximately $30 million to improve the productivity, quality and efficiencies of its two rolling mills in Huntington. General manager Michael Winarta said the company would optimize rolling mill operations and use readily available domestic steel billets to reach a sustainable profit profile that supports continued operations and meaningful manufacturing jobs. Scrap Monster reports that the company points to current U.S. trade policy and onshoring momentum as the basis for a strong demand outlook for its product line. AIST reports the same roughly $30 million figure, citing media reports.
- Products and facility
- Steel Dynamics describes the Huntington site as a hot-rolled carbon steel long-products operation that combines rolling and fabrication. Its rail products are hot rolled and rotary straightened, with cut-to-length, drilling, punching, galvanization and storage services. The site also produces standard C channels, MC channels, S beams, MH beams and wide-flange beams, along with guardrail posts, trackwork products and special steel sections for off-highway heavy-equipment frames. The company states the facility is ISO 9001:2015 certified and that it continuously invests in expanding manufacturing capabilities.
Facility
- Activity
- Hot-rolled carbon steel long products
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Site type
- Facility
- Operating status
- Operating
Related records
Timeline
- Nov 12, 2025
- Steel of West Virginia announces it will idle its Huntington melt shop and invest about $30 million in its two rolling mills.
Steel of WV to close melt shop; invest in rolling mill | News | herald-dispatch.com