MCAA 2017: REFLECTING ON SUCCESS
This year’s annual MCAA Convention for the Mechanical Contractors Association of America was a huge hit. ...
Read moreWheatland’s Council Avenue Plant Updates Are Completed
I am pleased to announce that Wheatland Tube – Council Ave plant has completed the final phase of Project Phoenix, a six phase plant upgrade with new inline finishing equipment. As previou...
Read moreImprovements Continue at Wheatland’s Council Avenue Plant
We currently are at phase 5.5 of 6 phases of the project. We started up from our winter shutdown on January 4, 2016. During the shutdown we tied in additional capacity to our straightening, facing and testing operations. Since the start-up we have increased our finished tons per week by 17%. Additionally, our shipping capacity has improve...
Read moreWheatland Tube’s Plant Revitalization Continues
Back in July, we announced the revitalization program that our Council Avenue plant is undergoing and how it will benefit our customers. Since our last post, we’ve made great progress with the upgrades, and w...
Read more17 Neglected Manufacturing Careers
When people think of careers in manufacturing, it’s safe to say they think of the plant workers and not far beyond that. And there’s no question the production workers are the heart of our operation. Without our plant employees, we wouldn’t be able to produce anything – even given the increase in automated plant tasks. However, there are...
Read moreEmployee Spotlight: Wheatland’s Women in Manufacturing
In our latest blog post, we talked about manufacturing’s greatest, most underutilized asset, w...
Read moreManufacturing’s greatest, most underutilized asset
The US manufacturing industry is flourishing. The skilled manufacturing workforce is not. Promising numbers, manufacturing isn't going anywhere: it's primed to grow. According to the Accenture 2014 Manufacturing Skills and Training Study...
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