Robotic Technology New to Wheatland Tube Council Facility
We are excited to announce that a new robotic stacker has been installed at the Wheatland Tube – Council plant. The process began in August of 2017 with visits to facilities who...
Read moreContractors, Buy with Caution!
Don’t see a country of origin on your product for projects that require domestically made products? Don’t assume it’s American-made! Installing foreign product on a job that requires domestic materials can be costly. U.S. Customer and Border Protection requires markings indicating country of origin on steel and iron pipe a...
Read moreAn Interview with Kevin McNulty, Executive Director for Midwest Independent Electrical Contractors Association
Kevin McNulty, Sr. is the Executive Director for Midwest IEC, a chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors Association representing the Chicago metropolitan area and Northwest Indiana. He h...
Read moreDuckworth Underscores the Importance of American Manufacturing at Wheatland Tube in Back of the Yards
Urges Trump Administration to Crack Down on Unfair Trade Practices That Are Devastating America’s Steel Industry [CHICAGO, IL] – Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) toured Zekelman Industries’ Wheatland Tube Company, a steel pipe and tubing manufacturer in Back of the Yards, and pa...
Read moreTop 5 Electrician Apps
In today’s digital world, there is a smartphone application for everything. There are apps to connect with friend...
Read moreStumped by a Fence Standard or Specification Reference?
Wheatland’s Fence SpecCheck is a compilation of all related fence standards and s...
Read moreBest Practices in Contracting: Why Use Domestic Steel Pipe in the Industry –Views of Wheatland Tube – speaker, Greg Maurer
Wheatland supports the recently announced initiatives by the Trump administration to increase the use of domestically made steel in steel pipelines, increase the domestic steel con...
Read moreTop Five Reasons to Spec ASTM F1083 schedule 40 pipe on your Next Project
Top Five Reasons to Spec ASTM F1083 schedule 40 pipe on your Next Project Whether you are a consumer, fence contractor or architect/engineer in the design pha...
Read moreMCAA 2017: REFLECTING ON SUCCESS
This year’s annual MCAA Convention for the Mechanical Contractors Association of America was a huge hit. ...
Read moreIncreasing In-Line Galvanized Fence Framework Awareness at Fencetech 2017
Fencetech 2017 just wrapped up at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. The show, which went from February 1st to February 5th, was a huge success and San Antonio was a fantastic host. More than 4,500 fence industry professionals were at the conference to attend meetings, meet with clients, and be educ...
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