SDI Awards Contract to Heckett MultiServ

Steel minimill awards multi-year deal with mill services company to service its newest facility.

Harsco Corp.’s Heckett MultiServ division has been awarded a new multi-year contract by Steel Dynamics, Inc. to provide specialized mill services at its revitalized Pittsboro, Indiana steel bar products mini-mill facility.

Heckett MultiServ will assume the responsibilities of the site's previous contractor for performing all on-site mobile carrier slag handling, metallic recovery, revert scrap collection and preparation, and slag marketing in support of the mill's production operations.

Steel Dynamics acquired the facility last year from Qualitech Steel and has announced plans to invest about $75 million to upgrade and expand the mill's production capacity as part of the company's new Bar Products Division.

Gene Iannazzo, Heckett MultiServ's executive vice president and general manager for North America, said, "Heckett MultiServ is very pleased to add Steel Dynamics to its customer base. We are looking forward to a long and mutually beneficial operating relationship with this progressive company."

Glenn Pushis, General Manager of Steel Dynamic's Bar Product Division, said, "We are glad to have Heckett MultiServ with their global experience as a key supplier."