FRANKFURT, Ky. (WTVQ) — O le Nucor Tubular Products, o se lala o le kamupani gaosi oloa uʻamea o Nucor Corp., ua fuafua e fausia se fale gaosi paipa e $164 miliona tala i le Itumalo o Gallatin ma faʻatupuina ai galuega tumau e 72.
A maeʻa ona faʻagaoioia le falegaosimea paipa uʻamea e 396,000-futu faatafafa o le a maua ai le gafatia gaosiga faaletausaga e 250,000 tone o paipa uʻamea, e aofia ai paipa vaega gaogao, paipa uʻamea faʻainisinia ma paipa uʻamea faʻaolaina i le la.
O lo'o tu latalata i Ghent, Kentucky, o le fale gaosi paipa fou o le a latalata i le maketi o lo'o fa'alauteleina i le Iunaite Setete ma le tagata fa'atau tele o paipa fa'apipi'i gaogao. Ua fa'amoemoe ta'ita'i o le kamupani o le a amata le fausiaina i le taumafanafana nei, ma ua fa'atulaga nei e mae'a mo le ogatotonu o le 2023.
Faatasi ai ma lenei tupe teufaafaigaluega, o le a faateleina ai e Nucor lana pisinisi taua i le Itumalo o Gallatin. Talu ai nei na faamaeaina ai e le kamupani le vaega muamua o se galuega tele e $826 miliona le faalautelega i lana falegaosimea Nucor Steel Gallatin lata ane i Ghent, Kentucky.
O le falegaosimea, lea e gaosia ai uaea mafolafola, ua i ai nei i le ogatotonu o lona vaega lona lua. E 145 galuega tumau ua faia ona o le faalauteleina o le falegaosimea uʻamea i Gallatin.
O loʻo faʻatupulaʻia foʻi le kamupani i isi nofoaga i Kentucky. Ia Oketopa 2020, na faʻamanatuina ai e le Kovana Andy Beshear ma aliʻi ma tamaʻitaʻi o Nucor le faʻavaeina o le fale gaosi uʻamea a le kamupani e 400 galuega, e $1.7 piliona le tau, i Mead County. O le fanua e 1.5 miliona sikuea futu le lautele ua faʻamoemoe e tatalaina i le 2022.
O lona ofisa autū i Charlotte, North Carolina, o Nucor o le kamupani toe fa'aaogaina tele lea i Amerika i Matu ma o le kamupani gaosi u'amea ma oloa u'amea sili ona tele i le atunu'u. E silia ma le 26,000 tagata faigaluega a le kamupani i le silia ma le 300 fale faigaluega, e tele lava i Amerika i Matu.
I Kentucky, e faafaigaluegaina e Nucor ma ana paaga le tusa ma le 2,000 tagata i le tele o nofoaga, e aofia ai le Nucor Steel Gallatin, Nucor Tubular Products Louisville, Harris Rebar ma le 50% o le umiaina o Steel Technologies.
O Nucor fo'i e ana le David J. Joseph Co. ma ona nofoaga e tele e toe fa'aaogāina ai mea i le setete atoa, o lo'o fa'agaoioia o le Rivers Metals Recycling, e aoina ma toe fa'aaogāina u'amea otaota.
Na faavaeina le vaega o le Nucor's Tube Products (NTP) i le 2016 ina ua ulufale atu Nucor i le maketi o paipa faatasi ai ma le faatauina mai o Southland Tube, Independence Tube Corp. ma Republic Conduit. O aso nei, e valu paipa o loʻo iai i le NTP o loʻo i se tulaga taua e lata ane i le fale gaosi pepa a Nucor aua o i latou ia o tagata faʻaaogaina paipa vevela.
E gaosia e le NTP Group paipa u'amea saoasaoa maualuga, paipa masini, paipa fa'apipi'i, paipa fa'asusu vai, paipa u'amea, paipa fa'avevela ma paipa eletise. O le aofa'i atoa o le gaosiga fa'aletausaga a le NTP e tusa ma le 1.365 miliona tone.
O nofoaga o Nucor o se vaega o le alamanuia malosi o u'amea autū a Kentucky, lea e aofia ai le silia ma le 220 nofoaga ma e tusa ma le 26,000 tagata faigaluega. O le alamanuia e aofia ai gaosi oloa ma gaosiga o u'amea, u'amea e le pala, u'amea, alumini, kopa ma apamemea.
Mo le faʻamalosia o tupe teufaafaigaluega ma le tuputupu aʻe o galuega i totonu o le alalafaga, na faʻamaonia muamua ai e le Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority (KEDFA) i le Aso Tofi se maliega faʻamalosiʻau e 10 tausaga ma kamupani i lalo o le Kentucky Business Investment Program. O le maliega e faʻavae i luga o le faʻatinoga e mafai ona maua ai faʻamanuiaga tau lafoga e oʻo atu i le $2.25 miliona e faʻavae i luga o le $164 miliona tupe teufaafaigaluega a le kamupani ma sini faʻaletausaga nei:
E le gata i lea, na faamaonia e le KEDFA le Nucor e tuuina atu ai faamanuiaga tau lafoga e oo atu i le $800,000 e ala i le Kentucky Enterprise Initiative Act (KEIA). E mafai ai e le KEIA kamupani ua faamaonia ona toe maua mai lafoga faatau ma faaaoga a Kentucky i tau o galuega faufale, mea faufale, meafaigaluega e faaaoga mo R&D ma le faagasologaina faaeletonika.
I le ausia o lana sini faaletausaga i le umi o le maliega, e agavaa ai le kamupani e taofia se vaega o lafoga fou e maua mai ai. E mafai e kamupani ona talosaga mo ni faatosinaga agavaa mo a latou noataga lafoga o tupe maua ma/po o le iloiloga o totogi.
E le gata i lea, e mafai e Nucor ona maua punaoa mai le Kentucky Skills Network. E ala i le Kentucky Skills Network, e maua ai e kamupani auaunaga faafaigaluega ma tuu galuega e aunoa ma se totogi, aoaoga faapitoa i tau maualalo, ma faatosinaga mo aoaoga faigaluega.
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