O&G pipe firm opens Hernando ops

The Tunica, Miss.-based Schulz Xtruded Products, a German-based manufacturer of pipes used in the oil, gas and aerospace industries, will be opening space for a new product line - corrosion-resistant Oil Country Tubular Goods pipes - at a new Hernando, Miss. operation. The company is investing more than $50 million in the operation that has added 50 jobs. "The product they're making here is something that only three or four (firms) in the world are doing,” said Hernando Mayor Chip Johnson. The manufacturer has been in Tunica for six years. The Hernando facility will finish pipes transported by truck from Tunica to meet an increasing demand for corrosion-resistant OCTG pipes. The Hernando operation includes establishing one of the biggest pilger mills in the world. Pipe shells extruded in Tunica are sent to Hernando for cold forming. In addition to pipes for the oil and gas industries, Schulz uses proprietary processes to extrude titanium pipes for the aerospace industry. (Source: Clarion-Ledger 10/11/16)