LB Foster steel pipe coating facility adds production capacity

Pittsburgh based LB Foster Company announced the expansion of its steel pipe coating facility in Birmingham, Alabama to improve manufacturing through put and increase production capacity. The plant expansion was necessitated by major facility improvements underway at AMERICAN Steel Pipe, LB Foster's strategic partner.

Mr Merry Brumbaugh vice president of LB Foster Tubular Products said that "Our plant upgrade will position LB. Foster to meet the increased production needs required by AMERICAN.”

LB Foster and AMERICAN Steel Pipe, a division of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, each maintain state-of-the-art production facilities on the site of AMERICAN'S Birmingham operations. AMERICAN is increasing production capacity to nearly 700,000 net tons annually and shortening manufacturing lead times for high quality steel pipe.

Mr Jon Noland division sales manager AMERICAN Steel Pipe said that "We asked LB Foster to increase pipe coating capacity to accommodate the new world class production levels anticipated by AMERICAN's expansion.”

LB Foster applies protective fusion bond epoxy and abrasion resistant coatings on 10.75" to 24" diameter ERW steel line pipe manufactured by AMERICAN Steel Pipe. The LB Foster coating plant is ISO 9001:2008 registered.