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19
COLD FINISH Nucor is North America’s largest producer of cold finished
bar products for a wide range of industrial markets.
OPERATIONS
Nucor Cold Finish is the largest producer of cold finished bars in North America and has facilities in Missouri, Nebraska, South
Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada. The Missouri facility operates as Nucor LMP and the Canadian facilities are a part of
Harris Steel and operate as Laurel Steel. The total capacity of the Nucor cold finished bar and wire facilities is approximately 860,000
tons per year. In 2013, sales of cold finished steel products were 474,000 tons, down 4% from the 492,000 tons sold in 2012.
All of Nucor’s cold finished facilities are among the most modern in the world and most use in-line electronic testing to ensure
outstanding quality. Nucor Cold Finish obtains most of its steel from the Nucor bar mills. This factor, along with our facilities’ use of
the latest technology, results in a highly competitive cost structure.
MARKETS AND MARKETING
These facilities produce cold-drawn, turned, ground and polished steel bars that are used extensively for shafting and other precision
machined applications. Nucor Cold Finish produces rounds, hexagons, flats and squares in carbon, alloy and leaded steels. These
bars, in turn, are purchased by the appliance, automotive, construction equipment, electric motor, farm machinery and fluid power
industries, as well as by service centers. Nucor Cold Finish bars are used in tens of thousands of products. A few examples include
anchor bolts, hydraulic cylinders and shafting for air conditioner compressors, ceiling fan motors, garage door openers, electric motors
and lawn mowers.
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