The mining industry boom generates several major projects that include (8) autoclaves, approx. (32) large support vessels, petrochemical tanks, pressure vessels & pipe & piling.
- Installation of the Bertsch #40 (6 ½” X 13′-4″) plate roll
- Fabrication of the first (2) hydrotreater reactors in the United States, using the single pass RES (Resistance Electroslag) process
- Fabrication of The Heaviest Object To Be Transported On The Federal Highway System – an autoclave measuring 76′ long x 22’6″ in dia. & weighing approx. 1,000,000 lbs!
- Manufacturing plant opens in Pocatello, Idaho, significantly increasing heavy wall vessel capacity with it’s stress relieving furnace & additional crane capacity!