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Leeco Adds Processing Equipment at Hamilton Facility

Written by Laura Miller

December 1, 2022

Plate supplier Leeco Steel has added new processing capabilities to its distribution center in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The company recently installed a Messer MPC2000 MC combination cutting and drilling machine, allowing for additional plasma cutting, oxy fuel cutting, beveling and drilling at the facility.

“Having a Messer combination machine at our Hamilton facility will enable us to better serve Canadian customers,” Denton Nordhues, president and CEO of Leeco Steel, explained in a statement.

“We will continue investing in people, facilities and equipment across all distribution centers to create even greater value for our customers,” he added.

In July, Leeco completed an expansion at the Hamilton facility, adding 30,000 square feet to the existing 45,000 square feet of warehouse space.

The Isle, Ill.-based company also recently added a Lissmac deburring machine and a Faro measuring arm to its processing facility in Oshkosh, Wis.

Leeco distributes carbon, high-strength low-alloy, and alloy steel plate products from 11 facilities throughout North America.

By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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