Steel Dynamics plans jobs for Hendricks County

PITTSBORO, Ind. (WISH) - A Hendricks County steel plant plans to add dozens of new jobs by next year.

Steel Dynamics Inc. said in a news release Thursday that it plans a $76 million expansion of its operations in Pittsboro, creating about 50 new jobs by 2013.

"Steel Dynamics is a homegrown Indiana company that has achieved huge global success," said Gov. Mitch Daniels. "Creating the best business climate in the country has been our focus from day one, and we're beyond happy that Steel Dynamics continues to succeed globally and grow locally in the Hoosier state."

The company is headquartered in Fort Wayne and is the nation’s fifth-largest producer of carbon steel products. It employs 386 full-time associates in Pittsboro now, along with more than 3,100 across the state,

"The recent enactment of the right-to-work legislation is further evidence of Indiana's commitment to providing the most competitive business environment possible for global companies like us to grow," said Barry Schneider, vice president and general manager of Steel Dynamics' engineered bar products division.