TX HR699

Texas House of Representatives congratulates Nucor Corporation on the 50th anniversary of its Nucor Steel--Texas plant in Jewett, established in 1975 as one of the first electric arc furnace plants in the United States

Nucor Corporation is North America's largest steel and steel products manufacturer and largest recycler, processing approximately 20 million tons of scrap metal annually

Nucor's six Texas divisions have annual recycling capacity of 1.5 million tons and production capacity of nearly 1.7 million tons, employing approximately 2,300 Texans

Nucor divisions in Jewett, Terrell, and Grapeland have received OSHA Voluntary Protection Program Star status annually since 2010, and Nucor Steel--Texas earned a Texas Environmental Excellence Award

Resolution adopted by non-record vote on April 9, 2025