According to a news release, Nashville-based Cooper Steel Fabricators is opening Cooper Steel of Virginia in the former Lynchburg Steel plant in Monroe, Virginia. Cooper Steel of Virginia is the fourth expansion of the steel fabrication and contracting firm. The company has 26 employees in the plant and four non-production workers, with hopes of bringing 24 more employees on board in the next year, according to CEO and Gary Cooper.
Founded in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in 1960 by J. Kenneth Cooper, Cooper Steel Fabricators Inc. specializes in the fabrication, estimation, erection and project management of structures all over the country, according to the release. After 47 years, Lynchburg Steel announced its closure in late July citing economic difficulties.