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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
