Steel firm opens fabrication plant

PEB Steel Buildings opened a new plant at Dong Xuyen Industrial Park in southern Vung Tau City on Sept. 9.

The 4 million USD facility – PEB Steel’s fifth factory in Asia – will boost the company’s yearly production capacity in Vietnam by 18,000 tonnes of steel, bringing its total Asian capacity to more than 120,000 tones per year.

The new plant is equipped to produce both pre-engineered building structures and heavy structures, including those that are hot –rolled, for power and industrial plants, oil and gas facilities, and multi-storey and high rise buildings.

The factory will employ 150 workers.

PEB Steel, which has been in Vietnam for 15 years, specialises in the design, fabrication and erection of pre-engineered steel buildings for factories, warehouses, showrooms, commercial and trade centers, supermarkets, sport stadiums, exhibition halls and aircraft hangars.

The new plant upgrades the company’s technology from pre-engineered building fabrication to industrial-sector fabrication.

In addition to Vietnam , PEB Steel has fabrication facilities in India and Bangladesh , and regional offices in Thailand , Myanmar and Cambodia.

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