U.S. Steel announced this week that it will invest $475 million in expansions at its Fairfield plant.
The investment in the Fairfield Tubular Operations facility, announced Wednesday, will go toward installing a quench-and-temper line, creating new employee training programs and adding a warehouse and storage facility.
Representatives of U.S. Steel and Manufacture Alabama said the new line will allow the facility, which produces steel piping and tubing, to make more durable, heat-treated steel products…