Masaba broke ground on a new steel fabrication facility in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Adjacent to its existing 211,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing facility, the new building will create an additional 125,000 sq. ft. of fabrication space and more than 20,000 sq. ft. of office space. The facility will house more than $15 million in new steel fabrication equipment and will be fully operational by May 2025.
“Masaba continues to invest in our team, the industries we serve, our local economy and America,” says Jerad Higman, Masaba founder and CEO. “Masaba will be on the leading edge in steel processing and will continue to increase the bar on quality. This expansion will allow Masaba to centralize all processing equipment in one building and utilize automation to process all our plate and structural steel.”
Higman says the investment will streamline operations, expand manufacturing space and allow the company to become more vertically integrated.
“We will be able to repurpose our current steel fabrication area into additional weld and assembly bays, which will allow us to meet the increased customer demand we have seen since 2020,” he says. “The expansion positions us well for future growth. The city of Vermillion and the state of South Dakota have been great partners and supporters of this project.”
