L.B. Foster relocating water system tubular products facility
Written by jrood
L.B. Foster Company is relocating its Threaded Products unit from Houston to a new manufacturing facility in Magnolia, Texas. This innovative plant will utilize advanced technology threading and conveyance equipment to increase production capacity and improve delivery scheduling. The Magnolia facility expands L.B. Foster's ability to meet agricultural, municipal and industrial water well needs with quality water system tubular products and services. The new plant will also extend operating hours to better service existing and new regional markets. The new threaded products plant is strategically located adjacent to L.B. Foster's joint venture operation, LB Pipe & Coupling Products, LLC. The site also includes additional acreage for the storage and staging of pre-purchased inventory to accommodate Just-in-Time delivery to jobsites nationwide. The facility replaces L.B. Foster's Langfield Road site in Houston, which began operations in 1963. The new plant is located north of Houston at 21270 FM 1488 in Magnolia, Texas. It is managed by L.B. Foster Threaded Products within the L.B. Foster Tubular Products Group.
