Nucor Announces Sale of Wire Products Facility In Pennsylvania

Nucor Corporation

announced today that they have completed the sale of the assets of their Nucor Wire Products Pennsylvania facility located in New Salem, Pennsylvania, to an affiliate of Wire Mesh Corporation.  "We continually evaluate our businesses for long-term strategic fit and earnings potential.  After careful evaluation of the wire mesh market and Nucor's role in that market, we made the decision to sell these particular assets.  The Nucor Wire Products Pennsylvania teammates are a group of hard working and dedicated individuals.  We greatly appreciate their efforts to produce high quality wire mesh," said James Darsey, Nucor's Executive Vice President of Bar Products.