Nucor Announces Expansion of Vulcraft/VercoNucor Announces Expansion of Vulcraft/Verco Group into Canada We are excited about the latest addition to Vulcraft production facility and the first of our Joist & deck plant in Canada. This will further expand our footprint in Canada, where we currently have over 2700 team-mates working in Nucor subsidiaries like Harris Rebar, Fisher & Ludlow, Vulcraft Canada, Laurel Steel, Skyline Steel, Nucor Canada etc. making Nucor one of the largest employer of iron workers in the country. Below is an extract from Yahoo Finance. Listed NYSE - NUE: 48.46+0.54(1.12%) CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Nucor Corporation (NUE) announced today that its Vulcraft/Verco Group is expanding into Canada. The new production facility will operate as Vulcraft Canada, Inc., and will be located near Hamilton, Ontario to serve the Central and Eastern Canadian markets. The facility will produce steel joists, joist girders, and decking. Product fabrication is expected to begin later this year. "We are excited to expand our production into Canada as part of our long-term commitment to serving our customers in this market," said Ray Napolitan, Executive Vice President, Fabricated Construction Products. "We already have valuable partnerships with many Canadian customers, and we look forward to building on those relationships and growing this business well into the future." Vulcraft Canada, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation. Nucor's start in the steel business began when it purchased the Vulcraft Corporation, a South Carolina maker of steel joists and joist girders. Today, the Vulcraft/Verco Group has 10 facilities in the United States and is the nation's largest producer of steel joists and deck. Nucor and its affiliates are manufacturers of steel products, with operating facilities primarily in the U.S. and Canada. Products produced include: carbon and alloy steel in bars, beams, sheet and plate; steel piling; steel joists and joist girders; steel deck; fabricated concrete reinforcing steel; cold finished steel; steel fasteners; metal building systems; steel grating; and wire and wire mesh. Nucor, through The David J. Joseph Company, also brokers ferrous and nonferrous metals, pig iron and HBI/DRI; supplies ferro-alloys; and processes ferrous and nonferrous scrap. Nucor is North America's largest recycler.