# Zekelman Industries invests over $150M in new ERW tube welding line in Blytheville

Zekelman Industries is investing over $150 million in a new continuous 28-inch ERW tube welding line at its site in Blytheville, Arkansas, USA. The line, ordered in April 2019, is scheduled to go on stream in mid-2021 and will create 75 new jobs.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-06-10
- Where: Blytheville, Arkansas, United States
- Value: $150.0M
- Jobs: 75
- Starts operating: Q3 2021
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: over 400,000 tons per year
- Products: ERW tube welding line for structural and piling tubes
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [Zekelman Industries](https://endata.com/companies/22397.md)
- [SMS group](https://endata.com/companies/2366.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [sms-group.com](https://www.sms-group.com/insights/all-insights/how-zekelman-industries-and-sms-group-set-a-record), 2020-06-10: "In our company, we will continue with our long-standing goal of creating and not waiting for the future."

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