The Wheatland Standard

Guess Who’s Back in the Mechanical Tubing Market…

by David Devine on December 3, 2013

Wheatland Tube has over 100 years of experience in making steel tube and pipe, and is a division of the largest independent tube manufacturer in North America – JMC Steel Group.   After significant organizational changes we have renewed and galvanized our commitment to servicing the mechanical market, delivering only the best product...

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Corrosion Protection

by Mike Ziegler on October 16, 2013

As part of Wheatland’s initiative to educate our customers on our products and processes, we have developed this Q&A resource to help you to understand what corrosion protection is, the industry requirements and how Wheatland meets those requirements, and which those environments require special coatings for protection. We have enlisted ou...

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Mayor Rahm Emanuel Speaks at Wheatland Tube

by Jelani Rucker on September 25, 2013

We recently celebrated our two year anniversary in Chicago with a guided tour, luncheon and visit from Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the South Side Wheatland Tube manufacturing facility. Mayor Emanuel gave a speech highlighting Wheatland Tube's contribution to local economic growth, after remarks from JMC's CEO, Barry Zekelman, who spoke to the company'...

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Top Five Reasons Solar Manufacturers Switch to Steel

by David Devine on August 26, 2013

Patriot Solar, a racking manufacturer, made the switch from aluminum to steel to become a more practical, sound design choice for customers. With over eight million steel structures worldwide, they have established functionality, durability, availability, capacity and cost effectiveness as motivators behind their switch to steel....

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Product Information and Educational Tools Go Mobile

by Jelani Rucker on July 30, 2013

In an information-driven society, it is only fitting that the needs of professionals in the plumbing, mechanical and fire safety industries have access to technical and product information quickly.  We’ve responded to this need in its recent release of the Wheatland Pipe Catalog app for the iPad®....

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Faster, Better, Stronger: The 7 Benefits of 20-Foot Conduit

by Jim Hays on June 5, 2013

Did you know you can save 50% on connections cost when using 20-foot conduit? It’s true: 20-foot conduit reduces the number of connections and associated labor cost when installing, while performing up to the high manufacturing standards of 10-foot conduit. For long runs, jobs big and small, with volumes of all sizes, 20-foot conduit outperfor...

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