Houston, Texas-based The Prolamsa Group announced Tuesday that it will build its new 300,000-plus tons-per-year pipe and tubular products facility at Texas Triangle Park in Bryan, Texas.
The mill, which will cost in excess of $120 million, is expected to employ more than 285 people. It is scheduled to begin production by mid-2014 and will produce energy tubular products aimed at meeting the growing demand of the US oil and natural gas industries. The facility will operate under a newly-formed company, Axis Pipe and Tube, Inc.
Construction on the major buildings of the new facility will begin in the next few weeks and that phase should be complete by Q4 of this year. The plant commissioning is scheduled for Q2 2014. The plant will receive and ship by both truck and rail. The new 183 acre plant will produce ERW energy tubular products in diameters up to 16", with wall thicknesses up to .625". It will have the capability to produce API grades as well as ASTM specified products.
Prolamsa currently operates major mills and distribution centers in Mexico and Texas and also produces non-energy tubulars, including hollow structural sections.