United Pipe & Steel, a leading distributor of pipe, will soon establish a new location at Seymour’s East Side Industrial Park.
At the June 26th meeting of Seymour City Council, it was announced that United Pipe and Steel had purchased the 60,000 square foot “spec” building and will begin expansion to the facility. The company projects hiring 9 employees at the operation.
The company distributes domestic steel pipe, globally sourced steel pipe, copper tubing, plastic pipe, electrical conduit and related products to independent wholesale distributor customers within the plumbing and heating industry; pipe, valve and fittings (PVF); heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); waterworks; fire protection; pool supply; lumber yard; fence; steel service center and electrical supply markets. The company has 12 strategically-located distribution centers across the U.S.
Bob Martinolli, vice president of operations, attended the Seymour Council meeting virtually, and along with Jim Plump of JCIDC announced the company planned to add over 30,000 square feet to the building in addition to constructing new offices at the facility located at 6520 North CR 1000 East. Council approved 10-year tax abatement in addition to approving transfer of the existing abatement from Old Towne Marketplace, which had purchased the building from local developer TDAK.
In 2021, United Pipe & Steel became part of the Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. family of companies, and states it’s mission as: “United Pipe & Steel aspires to be a best-in-class distributor, delivering a competitively priced and diverse mix of high-quality pipe products on its own fleet with the shortest lead times to wholesale distributors.”
We are happy to announce Seymour has retained its ISO Rating of 3 and is very close to reaching the Level 2 Rating.
The ISO Rating of a fire department is one of the benchmarks a department uses to plan for future development, purchasing, and staffing needs. It is also the rating most insurance providers use when determining the rates they charge their customers.
Seymour Fire Department has worked diligently over the years to obtain a rating of 3, which less than 15% of the nearly 40,000 departments in the nation that are surveyed have. We just received our score from our latest survey. Although we retained our 3 rating, we vastly improved our score, so much that we feel a 2 rating is obtainable at our next survey in 5 years.
It is important to note the ratings are ranked from 10 being the worst to 1 being the best.
The score is obtained from three sources. Seymour Fire Department’s response capabilities make up 50% of the score, the water system provided by Indiana American Water makes up 40% of the score and the 911 Dispatch System operated by Seymour Police Department makes up the remaining 10%.
We would like to thank our fire officers and firefighters for the commitment they make to constantly improve themselves, and certainly our partners at SPD and Indiana American Water for their efforts in providing top notch service to our community.
Duke Energy this month awarded JCIDC a $5,000 grant as part of the company’s Partnership Program. JCIDC and Duke Energy are committed to strengthening and growing our community. This grant will fund marketing and strategic efforts resulting in new job and investment opportunities. Thank you to Duke Energy who continues to serve our Indiana communities!
Congratulations to BCHS students Luke Imlay, Karson Rollins, and Aaron Skaggs for their placement in the 2022-23 Maverick Challenge. Imlay received $2,500 for his first place finish while the team of Rollins and Skaggs each received $600 for their third place finish. JCBank along with JCIDC Workforce Partnership were funding sponsors for the county competition. The Maverick Challenge is an annual program supported by JCIDC Workforce Partnership, Brownstown Ewing Main Street, and the Jackson County Chamber. The Maverick Challenge is a business planning competition for high school students that aims to further develop their innovative spirit by showing them viable career opportunities through entrepreneurship.
Guardian Bikes / Shark Tank Watch Party with Mark Cuban
We had a blast at the watch party for Guardian Bikes’ Shark Tank follow-up to Mark Cuban’s investment in the company. Co-founders Brian Riley and Kyle Jansen discussed their manufacturing operation in Seymour during a Q&A session. Riley shared that Jackson County is one of the best places in the country for fulfillment and said, “The skill sets and the people were perfect.” Seymour-Jackson County is happy to have Guardian Bikes here and love hearing all the nice things they say about our community!
