Tenaris is rolling out a more-than-$90 million facelift for its Beaver County steel operations, lining up a wave of upgrades for its Koppel steel shop and Ambridge seamless-pipe mill. The company says the cash infusion will boost automation, improve production efficiency and tighten up shop-floor safety, on top of roughly $150 million it has already poured into the two facilities since 2020.
In a recent announcement, Tenaris said work on the new projects will kick off in the coming months and stretch into the second half of 2027, according to Tenaris. “This improvement plan is another important step to bring our long-term vision for our Ambridge and Koppel facilities to fruition,” Tenaris U.S. President Guillermo Moreno said in the statement. The company is pitching the upgrade package as part of its broader push to shore up domestic production of OCTG, or oil country tubular goods.
Upgrades at Koppel and Ambridge
At Koppel, plans call for a modernization of the electric arc furnace, higher-capacity ladles and a new steel bar yard, while the Ambridge mill is slated to get a dedicated bar-cutting zone to speed material flow and cut down on handling, according to local reports. Italian supplier Tenova has been tapped to provide and commission the revamped electric arc furnace at Koppel and says the project will layer in advanced monitoring and control systems for the furnace, per Tenova.
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