At a glance
Nucor Vulcraft
Address: 6610 County Road 60, St. Joe
Operating since: 1972
Current employment: 325
Initial employment: 150
Plant size: More than 600,000 square feet
Produces: steel joists and decks, standard building components used in non-residential construction
Nucor Fastener
Address: 6730 County Road 60, St. Joe
Operating since: 1986
Current employment: 225
Initial employment: 180
Plant size: 400,000 square feet
Produces: structural bolts and fasteners
Nucor Building Systems
Address: 305 Industrial Parkway, Waterloo
Operating since: 1987
Current employment: 325
Initial employment: 75
Plant size: 250,000 square feet
Produces: Pre-engineered metal buildings and building components
By Kimberly Peterson, The Journal Gazette
kpeterson@jg.net
Before Steel Dynamics Inc., there was Nucor Corp.
The Charlotte, N.C.-based steelmaker, which operates plants in St. Joe and Waterloo, was the training ground for the three co-founders of Fort Wayne-based Steel Dynamics.
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