 Greetings!
 We're very excited to introduce the commissioning of our largest upgrade in more than 30 years.
Our 80 Mill improvements are now completed. This tube mill, the largest within our company, will offer many benefits to Leavitt Tube and our valued customers. Feel free to stop by and take a look for yourself!
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Company Spotlight
At Leavitt Tube, we're on a roll! Our highly anticipated W80 Mill quick-change upgrade is completed and rolling structural tubes & pipes with amazing efficiency and precision.
 With our upgrade, the W80 Mill, which has a size range of 4" square through 10" square and wall thicknesses through .500", can offer faster changeover times, increased production per shift, more frequent rollings, less scrap, and superior quality.
We are very excited about our quality improvements. In a recent internal  quality audit of 8" x 4" x .188" wall from the new mill, our QC inspection recorded perfectly matching corners on all sides. Additionally, recorded OD tolerances have been outstanding. We now have the ability to comfortably and consistently exceed ½ ASTM A500 tolerances for special applications. Please contact your sales representative to view a spreadsheet of actual inspection reports since our upgrade.
 It is important that we offer a special thanks to our vendors and contractors who made our company vision a reality. We would like to thank Kusakabe, Chicago Roll, Sanyo Seiki, Illinois Crane, and Dubak Electrical Group for their dedication and persistence in completing this project.
We offer our most sincere thank you to our customers for supporting Leavitt Tube Company through the upgrade period. Leavitt Tube Company is dedicated to the production of quality steel tubing. Additional mill improvements, new sizes, and company upgrades will continue throughout this year for our smaller tubing mills. We'll keep you posted in future editions of The Leavitt Tube Pipeline. |
Office Redesign
 Back in July's edition of the Pipeline, we let you know about our ongoing office redesign project. The first step was putting in new office furniture to help us become more efficient. Now, after several months and a lot of hard work, part two of the redesign is complete. Brand new energy efficient lights, Occupancy Sensors new ceiling and updated ductwork has made our office brighter, cleaner and much more energy efficient. Saving energy is one of the commitments we made when we adopted the ISO 14001 (2004) Certification.
With all re-design projects, we have pictures to share of the experience! Please click on the link below to check them out: Click Here |
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About Leavitt Tube Company
Leavitt Tube Company began producing mechanical steel tubing in 1956. Over the more than 50 years since, Leavitt Tube Company has evolved into an industry leader with one of the broadest size ranges of Structural, Mechanical and Hi-Y50 Pipe Size Tubing in the industry. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois Leavitt Tube Company currently operates 10 tubing mills with facilities in Chicago, IL and Jackson, MS.
Leavitt Tube Company
1717 W. 115th St.
Chicago, Illinois 60643 |
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Leavitt Facts |
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Leavitt Tube Company offers a drop trailer loading program for easy shipping and handling of your orders.
Completed orders can be loaded directly onto your company owned empty trailer and loaded for will call receiving at your convenience. Your company is notified when the trailer is loaded. Drivers can immediately swap the loaded trailer with an empty trailer, transporting the pre-loaded trailer to your destination immediately and without appointments or wait time.
Please contact your Leavitt Tube sales representative for additional information. |
"Snowmageddon" |
For the 1st time in the 54 and a half years that the Leavitt Tube Company has been around, we closed for a day. "Snowmageddon" rolled into town Tuesday afternoon, February 1st, and hit the area hard. With wind gusts up to 65 mph, "Thunder-Snow", blowing and drifting, it proved to be an interesting night for anyone living in the city or surrounding areas. When the snow finally tapered off around noon on Wednesday the 2nd, the totals were in. At O'Hare Airport (where the official records are kept), we received 20.2" of snow, making this the third worst snowstorm in Chicago history. Leavitt Tube Company made the decision to close the Office and Plant on Tuesday night. "Our number one concern is the safety of our employees," said a spokesperson for Leavitt Tube. "It's our responsibility to make sure they are safe, so we shut down for a snow day and had fun shoveling ourselves out of it".
Many of us snapped photos and videos of the storm. If you would like to see them, please click on the link below to check them out: Click Hear |
Employee Anniversaries January & February |
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 Happy
Anniversary
Tube People!
Ralph Morandi: 43 Years
Jan Knapp: 41 Years
Leonard Wisowaty: 41 Years
Bob Lenhardt: 30 Years
Pat Knutson: 17 Years
Thank you
For all of your hard work!
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