 Facilities California Steel Industries, Inc. is located approximately 50 miles east of Los Angeles in Fontana, California. Our plant sits on 450 acres, with approximately 115 acres under roof. The plant includes an 86" Hot Strip Rolling mill, hot rolled strip finishing facilities (build-up, shear, and slitter lines), a 62" Continuous Pickling line, a 5-Stand Cold Reduction mill, two hot-dip Galvanizing lines, cold rolling equipment of Annealing and Tempering mills, and an Electric Resistance Welded Pipe mill. General plant services include a full site maintenance contingent, shipping and material handling department, a waste water treatment plant, medical services facility, and corporate offices. Athletic and recreation facilities are available for our employees and their families on-site. |
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| . In 1993, we began a capital expenditure program of some $250 million to modernize and add operations. Investments included a new walking beam re-heat furnace in our Hot Strip Mill, a complete modernization of our 5-Stand Cold Reduction mill, and construction of the #2 Continuous Galvanizing Line and the 62" Continuous Pickle Line. These investments have improved product quality, gauge control, yield and productivity. As the leading producer of flat rolled steel products in the western United States based on tonnage billed, CSI produces the widest range of flat rolled products in our market including hot rolled, cold rolled, and galvanized coil and sheet. We also produce electric resistance welded pipe in diameters from 4.5" to 16.0". We are the only supplier located in this marketplace that can provide this breadth of product, offering "one-stop shopping" to our customers. Our principal market consists of the 11 states located west of the Rocky Mountains. Unlike integrated steel mills or mini-mills, we do not manufacture steel. Rather, we process steel slab purchased from suppliers around the world, including Brazil, Australia, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, China, Europe, and the United States. We produce ERW pipe by rollforming hot rolled coil into a pipe shape, welding the edges together with a high frequency welder, annealing the weld and cutting the finished product to length on a continuous line. The pipe may then undergo additional testing or finishing operations, such as hydrotesting and end beveling. |
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