STOCKHOLM, Sweden-- SSAB today announced that it has selected Mobile, Ala., as the site for a new heat treating facility. The investment will increase the existing facility’s quenched and tempered steel capacity from 100,000 to 400,000 metric tons and bring approximately 180 new jobs to the facility.
The heat treatment facility will produce quenched and tempered steel plate which is used throughout the manufacturing and construction sectors in applications where properties such as strength, hardness and toughness are required beyond those available in commercial grades.
Construction will commence in 2009 and production will begin in 2011.
