INFRA-METALS NOW OPEN IN NEW BOSTON

It is good to know that after six years of planning and site remediation, Infra-Metals has announced that its New Boston facility is finally open.  Plant Manager Oak Williams said the facility has already been receiving truck deliveries of steel and expects to receive deliveries by railroad and barge in the upcoming week.

This project has took approximately six years of planning and site remediation before Infra-Metals signed the land purchase agreement with the Southern Ohio Port Authority (SOPA) in December.  In January they awarded the general contract to J&H Erectors of Portsmouth to build a $13 million, 275,000 square foot facility on the former diesel shop property located behind Tractor Supply in New Boston.  The facility also includes a barge dock on the Ohio River to transport steel material to the plant.

As many of you know, in order to make the project a reality, the company was granted property tax abatements by the State of Ohio and the Village of New Boston.  The company also received site assistance, such as $100,000 from American Electric Power, $50,000 from Fluor B&W, and $150,000 from the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiativ through the Department of Energy.  As the final hours of construction arrived, the Scioto County Commissioners last month filed a request to the Ohio Department of Development for extension to be sure the project doesn't loose any state funding.

After beginning construction in April, the company received more than 1000 applications and conducted more than 300 interviews before they initially hired approximately 34 employees and trained them at its Connecticut facility. 

According to Plant Manager Oak Williams, the company expects to grow in work capacity hiring more employees throughout the fourth quarter of 2013 and the first quarter of 2014.

Welcome Infra-Metals to the New Boston family. 

Mike Payton
11-17-2013