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Coil processing equipment maker Fagor Arrasate has broken ground on its new U.S. service facility in Portage, Ind. The new space will allow Fagor to support its North American customers with field service, spare parts, project management and engineering support.

Metal Supermarkets, the world’s largest supplier of small-quantity metals, will open its 100th location Oct. 5 with a new store in San Diego, Calif. The store is the ninth Metal Supermarkets operation to open in 2020.

There remains time to nominate a deserving executive for Metal Center News’ annual Service Center Executive of the Year. Nominations should be submitted by Oct. 7.

Coil Steel Processing, Toledo, Ohio, has launched a new 0.625-inch by 72-inch High Strength Heavy Gage Cut-to-Length Line with Stretcher Leveler from Red Bud Industries. The company expects the line to be operational by the fourth quarter.

South Bend, Ind.-based Lock Joint Tube Company has acquired Welded Tubes Inc., Orwell, Ohio. Welded Tubes is a producer of high-volume, small-diameter, tight-tolerance tubing, primarily for the automotive industry.

Chicago-based UPG Enterprises LLC has completed the acquisition of Lex Holding Co. The acquisition includes Lexington Steel Corp., a Chicago-based distributor of flat-rolled steel products, and Douglass Logistics Inc., Lexington Steel’s affiliated logistics company.

Gülermak, a Turkish company in the construction industry, has placed an order for a PEMA Assembly Line.

Jenoptik’s Light & Production division has won a major order from the automotive industry. Jenoptik will design and manufacture three automated production cells for body components for Gestamp, a multinational company specialized in metal components manufacturing.

Over the course of just six months, Cleveland-Cliffs has become the largest integrated steelmaker in the United States. The steelmaking raw material supplier followed up its earlier acquisition of AK Steel with Monday’s blockbuster $1.4 billion purchase of ArcelorMittal USA’s assets.

There remains time to nominate a deserving executive for Metal Center News’ annual Service Center Executive of the Year. Nominations should be submitted by Oct. 7.