STUPP TO BUILD $60 MILLION STEEL PIPE MILL

(St. Louis Business Journal)

 

St. Louis, Missouri - November 16, 2007 -- St. Louis-based Stupp Bros., a holding company for several businesses, has a new manufacturing facility in its development pipeline.

 

The company's Stupp Corp. division plans to build a $60 million steel pipe-making mill on its pipe-manufacturing campus in Baton Rouge, La.  The new facility, which is expected to be completed in early 2009, will make products of a larger diameter than the company can currently produce, according to Stupp Bros. President John Stupp, Jr.  With the new 220,000-square-foot mill, the company will be able to produce pipe up to 60 inches in diameter.  It currently makes products up to 24 inches in diameter.

 

Stupp's pipe products are used in building pipelines for the natural gas and oil industries.

 

"There's currently a boom of larger piping projects being built around the country, and it's having to be imported from countries like India, Italy, Turkey and Greece," Stupp said.  "With this new facility, we should be able to make a competitive product for clients, with a lot fewer logistical challenges."