July 19, 2023
CHICAGO (July 19, 2023) — Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, is proud to continue a 10+ year tradition of supporting Mobility Worldwide with a donation of steel tubing, enabling production of Mobility Carts that provide the gift of movement to...
April 3, 2023
Zekelman Industries CEO and executive chairman Barry Zekelman joins The Claman Countdown on Fox Business to discuss the latest in the steel industry. Surges in misclassified steel conduit imports continue to undercut American workers and producers. But, on another note, Z Modular, Zekelman Industries’ offsite construction company, is deliverin...
February 7, 2023
GLENDALE, Ariz. February 7, 2023 – Zekelman Industries (“Zekelman”) is hosting a groundbreaking at its FUZE Ballpark development in Glendale, Arizona, on February 8 that will highlight Z Modular, the optimal solution for multi-family housing development. Z Modular was developed...
January 27, 2023
(January 27, 2023) — Wheatland Tube, a subsidiary of Zekelman Industries, Inc., and Victaulic Company are pleased to announce that 2” and smaller, ASTM A53 Type F pipe manufactured by Wheatland Tube with Ultra Z-Coat is recognized as compatible with Victaulic’s gasketed joint products.
According to Wheatland Tube pr...
November 11, 2022
CHICAGO, IL and MANHATTAN, KS (November 11, 2022) – Zekelman Industries (“Zekelman”), a leading North American manufacturer of industrial steel pipe and tube products, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of EXLTUBE from SPS Companies, Inc. (“SPS”).
Headquarter...
November 10, 2022
LITTLE ROCK, AR (November 10, 2022) – Today, Scenic Hill Solar and 4 leading US-headquartered solar equipment manufacturers announced a major initiative to restore American preeminence in solar photovoltaic and battery storage technologies deployed in Arkansas and beyond. The initiative combines the efforts of America’s leading solar equipme...
October 11, 2022
Zekelman Industries CEO and executive chairman Barry Zekelman joins Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business to discuss the impact of inflation and imported steel products coming into the United States and unenforced trade agreements. Steel products are entering the country from Russia despite sanctions. USMCA agreements with Mexico state there are not t...
October 5, 2022
CHICAGO (October 5, 2022) — Zekelman Industries announced today that it will be closing its factory in Long Beach, California. This facility primarily manufactures a complete line of steel conduit under the Western Tube and Wheatland Tube brand names. Moving forward, customers will be served by the company’s facility in Rochelle, Illinois, a...
September 8, 2022
CHICAGO (September 8, 2022) — Zekelman Industries announced today that it is nearing completion of its newest state-of-the-art facility constructed to produce a wide range of galvanized tubular products for the electrical, fence, solar tracker and solar foundation markets. It is located just west of Chicago in Rochelle, IL, a city known as the...
May 4, 2022
Chicago, IL (May 4, 2022) — Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, has opened their newest steel mill in Blytheville, Arkansas. Their second in Blytheville, the new facility will be dedicated to producing Jumbo Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) as large as 28″ OD with walls up to 1″ thick. The $150 million project is the lar...
March 18, 2022
Barry Zekelman, executive chairman and CEO of Zekelman Industries, appeared on Fox Business to share his perspective on the cancellation of the Keystone pipeline and how that impacts the United States steel industry and other domestic companies affected by the decision....
February 8, 2022
Zekelman Industries CEO and executive chairman Barry Zekelman joins Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business to discuss trade agreements in the wake of the announcement that the United States and Japan will discontinue steel tariffs implemented under the previous administration....
December 17, 2021
CHICAGO (December 17, 2021) — The Wheatland Tube division of Zekelman Industries today filed a request for the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”) to conduct an anticircumvention inquiry regarding circular welded pipe (“CWP”) that is completed in Oman and the United Arab Emirates (“UAE”) using hot-rolled steel manufactured in...
October 13, 2021
CHICAGO (October 13, 2021) — Zekelman Industries funded $1 million of a $1.1 million Task Force Argo mission — chartering two flights into and out of Kabul, Afghanistan — that succ...
May 28, 2021
CHICAGO (May 28, 2021) — Zekelman Industries is excited to announce plans to build a fully automated warehouse at its Wheatland Tube facility in Warren, Ohio. The 83,000-square foot, 65-foot-high warehouse is scheduled to begin operating in December 2022.
The warehouse will be built by the engineering, procurement and construction innov...
May 3, 2021
CHICAGO (May 3, 2021) — Wheatland Tube is announcing that its ASTM A53 and A795 galvanized pipe already meet the updated standards recently set forth by ASTM International, the governing body responsible for overseeing ASTM manufacturing standards. The updated standards state: “The galvanized pipe shall be free from uncoated areas, blisters,...
April 6, 2021
CHICAGO, April 6, 2021 — Zekelman Industries is excited today to announce the completion of exterior building work on its new mill in Blytheville, Arkansas, constructed for its Atlas Tube division. Foundation work has begun, and the mill is slated to start rolling in September 2021.
Located next to one of Atlas Tube’s existing mills,...
March 24, 2021
CHICAGO (March 24, 2021) – Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today that it has aquired the Shuriken™ Structural Nut Keeper.1 Shuriken allows for field-bolted HSS column splices and connections with faster erection and lower costs than other connection types. This technology could make impossible tasks possib...
March 19, 2021
CHICAGO (March 19, 2021) — Zekelman Industries, North America’s largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer and a leader in modular construction innovations, announced today that every employee will once again receive a $1,000 annual bonus.
CEO and Executive Chairman Barry Zekelman made the following statement in connection w...
February 24, 2021
CHICAGO (February 24, 2021) — Picoma, a division of Zekelman Industries, is celebrating 75 years as a domestic manufacturer of electrical elbows, couplings and nipples (EC&N). Picoma has a long history in the steel industry, dating back to its founding in 1946. Company leadership and employees credit Picoma’s longevity in the business to...
October 21, 2020
Irvine, California (October 21, 2020) — Zekelman Industries and Everguard.ai are joining efforts to use artificial intelligence (AI) and sensor fusion to increase safety measures at the steel manufacturer’s facilities. The companies have announced an agreement to bring Everguard’s Sentri360™ platform to Zekelman’s Atlas Tube facility i...
September 2, 2020
CHICAGO (September 2, 2020) — Zekelman Industries has launched a national advertising campaign advocating for increasing the level of manufacturing in the United States. Over the course of September and October, the campaign will generate an estimated 315 million impressions, reaching decision-makers and policy influencers who are outside of t...
June 29, 2020
It is with great pleasure that I announce the appointment of Tom Muth to the role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Tubular Products Division of Zekelman Industries.
Tom has over 30 years of experience in the pipe and tube industry. He began his career with Copperweld Corporation and joined Atlas Tube in 2005...
March 16, 2020
Life can be challenging. We battle daily with struggles at work, raising kids, with our finances, getting enough sleep and maintaining our personal health and well-being. At times, we are challenged beyond these “normal” struggles and are forced to deal with even more complicated issues like severe illnesses, unexpected injuries or a loss of...
July 30, 2019
CHICAGO (July 30, 2019) — Zekelman Industries today announced it will build the world’s largest continuous ERW tube mill in Blytheville, Arkansas, on property adjacent to its existing Atlas Tube mill. The mill will be capable of producing sections as large as 28″ OD x 1″ wall. The company projects an additional 75 new employe...
May 21, 2019
Walk-ins and scheduled interviews welcome!
Zekelman Industries has a 130-year history in manufacturing and we are expanding into your area. Our state-of-the-art plant will come online later this year and we are looking for experienced skilled workers who are interested in getting in on the ground floor.
If...
May 7, 2019
CHICAGO (May 7, 2019) — Zekelman Industries announced today the construction of the world’s largest continuous ERW tube mill. The mill will be capable of producing hollow structural sections (HSS) with a size range of 8″ square x 0.750″ wall up to 22″ square x 1″ wall. Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, wi...
October 11, 2018
CHICAGO (October 11, 2018) — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today it has purchased the 230,000-square-foot building at 710 Swanner Loop in the Killeen Industrial Park in Killeen, Texas. The new facility will manufacture American-made steel-framed modules for a variety of markets, including hospitality, university stude...
October 2, 2018
CHICAGO (October 2, 2018) — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Checkers Drive-In Restaurants Inc., one of the largest drive-thru restaurant chains in the United States. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida, the company operates over 880 Checkers and Rally’s restaurants in 28 st...
August 9, 2018
CHICAGO (August 9, 2018) — Z Modular announced today that it has hired Christopher Schmidt as senior modular project executive and Chris Waters as director of business development. The two veterans have fifty years of combined experience working in modular and traditional construction roles. They will be responsible for identifying new opportu...
July 26, 2018
CHICAGO (July 26, 2018) — Zekelman Industries announced today it has acquired Hayes Modular Group, based in Austin, Texas. Through this acquisition, Zekelman Industries has expanded its presence in the modular construction industry.
Founded in 1986, Hayes Modular Group specializes in the installation of large-scale modular projects acro...
July 26, 2018
CHICAGO (July 26, 2018) — Z Modular announced today that it has hired Stacy Young as project manager of Z Modular in Birmingham, Alabama. In her new role, Stacy will be responsible for project planning, sourcing finishes for the modules, hitting strategic milestones to ensure a project stays on track within expected delivery dates, managing th...
July 19, 2018
CHICAGO (July 19, 2018) — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today that it will be opening a new 6,000 sq. ft. office in Troy, Michigan to house its engineering, design, estimating and sales teams. The office will open on August 1, 2018, for 10 individuals currently on staff. “With multiple projects in our pipeline, and...
July 10, 2018
CHICAGO (July 10, 2018) — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today its involvement with Cheatham Street Flats, a multi-story steel-framed student housing complex located in San Marcos, Texas. The 175-unit, 234-bed mixed-use development, when completed, will be approximately 192,000 square feet in size. Cheatham Street Flat...
July 5, 2018
CHICAGO (July 5, 2018) — Z Modular, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced today that its modular manufacturing facility is operational and currently producing modules for multiple projects.
Located in Birmingham’s Valley East Industrial Park, the 125,000-square-foot facility currently employs 41 full-time plant and office worke...
April 23, 2018
Our CEO and executive chairman of Zekelman Industries Barry Zekelman talks with the MANUFACTURING report on the importance of domestic manufacturing and why he supports the tariff so strongly.
” I am goi...
April 2, 2018
Scholarships will help recipients learn in-demand skills like welding, pipefitting and more
CHICAGO, April 2, 2018 — Zekelman Industries, North America’s largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer and a leader in modular construction innovations, is proud to announce its partial sponsorship of the mikeroweWORKS Fou...
March 8, 2018
Yesterday March 7th, 2018 CBS news came to our Wheatland plant to talk to Barry Zekelman about the hopes for the tariffs and what he expects and what is to come if it passes....
March 8, 2018
President Donald Trump, following through on one of his promises, signed two proclamations today that implement tariffs on imported steel and aluminum but exempt Canada and Mexico.
“A strong steel and aluminum industry are vital to our national security, “Trump said. “You don’t have steel, you don’t have a c...
March 8, 2018
Mickey McNamara, Zekelman Industries executive vice-president and Ravin Gandhi, GMM Nonstick Coating CEO, discuss President Trump’s tariffs.
“It was really heart warming to see President Trump and Commerce Secretary Ross speak with such passion and knowledge about the challenges that faced our industry.” said McNamara...
March 5, 2018
Barry Zekelman, CEO of pipe and tube-maker Zekelman Industries and Congresswoman Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.), discusses what Trump’s tariffs could mean to jobs in Indiana, and industry in this country on CNBC.
You can watch the whole video...
March 2, 2018
Our Executive Vice President of Zekelman Industries Mickey McNamara spoke to CNBC about the impact that the tariff may have. “We have been competing with one hand behind our back… but this (tariff) allows us to fight fairly and puts us in an environment that we know we will win.”
We are hoping and expecting the best...
March 1, 2018
Zekelman Industries celebrates steel trade policy changes with employee bonus
Announcement follows Trump’s decision to act on findings of Section 232 investigation
CHICAGO (March 1, 2018) — Zekelman Industries, North America’s largest independent steel pipe and tube manufacturer and...
February 23, 2018
Urges Trump Administration to Crack Down on Unfair Trade Practices That Are Devastating America’s Steel Industry
[CHICAGO, IL] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) toured Zekelman Industries’ Wheatland Tube Company, a steel pipe and tubing manufacturer in Back of the Yards, and participat...
September 19, 2017
PITTSBURGH — The United Steelworkers (USW) union issued the following release as dozens of steelworkers from around the country come to Washington D.C., to ask their legislators to press the Trump Administration to move forward on their Section 232 Investigation on the impact of steel imports on U.S. national security interests. In Ap...
August 30, 2017
CHICAGO (August 30, 2017) — Zekelman Industries announced today that Executive Chairman and CEO Barry Zekelman, as a member of the Committee on Pipe & Tube Imports (CPTI), has urged President Donald Trump to move forward with restrictions on imported steel pipe and tube. Zekelman was one of 24 steel pipe and tube manufacturing executives t...
August 29, 2017
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August 29, 2017
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August 21, 2017
CHICAGO (August 21, 2017) — Zekelman Industries announced today that American Tube Manufacturing has been officially renamed Atlas Tube – Birmingham. The change reflects the ownership position from the acquisition of American Tube Manufacturing in February 2017 and integration of the Birmingham plant into the Atlas Tube operating system....
July 3, 2017
Submission to Commerce Department takes aim at octagonal tube used in solar applications
CHICAGO (April 13, 2017) — The Atlas Tube division of Zekelman Industries today asked the Commerce Department to ensure that antidumping and countervailing duty orders covering light-walled rectangular tube also apply to octag...
March 21, 2017
Zekelman Industries acquires American Tube Manufacturing, Inc.
CHICAGO (February 22, 2017) — Zekelman Industries announced that it has acquired American Tube Manufacturing, Inc., based in Birmingham, Alabama.
Through this acquisition, Zekelman Industries and its Atlas Tube operating division will expand the...
October 29, 2016
Pipe is used on solar projects that receive Federal tax breaks
CHICAGO, IL – On September 14, 2016 Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, filed an allegation of duty evasion with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Today, Wheatland expresses its sincere disappointment that CBP has decided NOT...
September 15, 2016
Allegation filed under new Customs law; claims duty evasion of Chinese steel pipe; pipe used in solar projects receiving Federal tax breaks
CHICAGO, IL – Wheatland Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, announced that it has filed an allegation of duty evasion with U.S. Customs and Border Protection today, Septe...
December 10, 2015
Launch of new company to revolutionize the modern era of modular building construction
WINDSOR, Ontario (October 8, 2015) — Company owners Barry Zekelman, Zekelman Industries Inc., and Dominic Amicone, Amico Affiliates, are proud to announce the launch of Connexio Building Systems Inc. Connexio was formed in partn...