Wire Finisher Expands, Adding Jobs

Wire finisher Tri Star Metals LLC is undergoing an expansion of its facility in Freeport, IL, that will add 20 jobs, WIFR.com reports.
Tri Star reportedly has added $10 million of new machinery and is in the process of moving into a new facility that is 81,000 sq ft larger than its previous building.

Tri Star president Jay Madel told WIFR.com that the investments are aimed at  increasing the company’s client list in the aerospace and defense industries.

“We decided a couple years ago with some of the growth in the aerospace industry that we needed to have better domestic products,” Mandel, the president of Tri Star Metals, LLC. “We also believe with some of the new, more efficient equipment and the superior workforce we’re finding here in Freeport, we could make a product at or below what the imports cost with the ability to offer our customers an all domestic product.”

U.S. Congressman Bobby Schilling, who recently visited the plant, talked about the need for more domestic manufacturing. Schilling sits on the House Armed Services Committee.

“I’m a firm believer that when it comes to our military, that everything should be made in the United States,” Schilling stated. “Usually you get 80% of your product from outside the United States. Now they’re getting 80% on their product from inside the United States and that is growing. And that’s what we want; we want to put Americans back to work.”

For more than 25 years Tri Star Metals has provided stainless, aluminum and nickel alloy product to the specialty metal market. Tri Star is headquartered at 375 Village Dr., Carol Stream, IL 60188. Tel: 630 462-7600 Web: tristarmetals.com ©2012 GlobalFastenerNews.com

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