Alabama Governor Ms Kay Ivey announced that Nucor plans to invest approximately USD 125 million to open an advanced manufacturing facility in Alabama where a new business unit, Nucor Towers & Structures, will produce transmission towers. The new plant in Alabama will be highly automated, utilizing efficient straight-line production and will also include advanced hot-dip galvanizing operations. These state-of-the-art features will increase Nucor Towers & Structures’ capabilities to provide engineered solutions for utility infrastructure and construction projects.The company’s capital investment in Decatur includes land improvements, construction of a new building and manufacturing equipment. The new plant will be located adjacent to the Nucor Steel Decatur sheet steel mill.Charlotte North Carolina headquartered Nucor established the new business unit after its 2022 acquisition of Summit Utility Structures and Sovereign Steel Manufacturing, which produces metal poles and other steel structures for utility infrastructure and highway signage.Nucor facilities in Alabama produce steel, tubular products, joists and decking and metal buildings, with locations in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Fort Payne, Eufaula and Decatur.
Alabama Governor Ms Kay Ivey announced that Nucor plans to invest approximately USD 125 million to open an advanced manufacturing facility in Alabama where a new business unit, Nucor Towers & Structures, will produce transmission towers. The new plant in Alabama will be highly automated, utilizing efficient straight-line production and will also include advanced hot-dip galvanizing operations. These state-of-the-art features will increase Nucor Towers & Structures’ capabilities to provide engineered solutions for utility infrastructure and construction projects.The company’s capital investment in Decatur includes land improvements, construction of a new building and manufacturing equipment. The new plant will be located adjacent to the Nucor Steel Decatur sheet steel mill.Charlotte North Carolina headquartered Nucor established the new business unit after its 2022 acquisition of Summit Utility Structures and Sovereign Steel Manufacturing, which produces metal poles and other steel structures for utility infrastructure and highway signage.Nucor facilities in Alabama produce steel, tubular products, joists and decking and metal buildings, with locations in Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, Fort Payne, Eufaula and Decatur.