Nucor’s corporate office building in North Carolina, US. (Image: Adobe Stock)

Rytec’s products include rigid rolling doors for warehouses, manufacturing facilities, auto dealerships, and parking garages. It also makes fabric doors for cold storage/food and beverage and clean-room applications.

Just last month, Rytec announced the construction of a new factory in the US Midwest, which was the culmination of a transition to robotic and semi-autonomous production including advanced data collection.

The new factory equipment includes a fully-automated metal storage and retrieval system, automated fibre optic laser and punch machines, robotic cells for bending large sheet metal forms, collaborative robotic welding cells, large-format CNC (computer numerical control) machining centres to drill, tap and custom-cut aluminium profiles for door side columns, bottom bars and headers, and an automated powder coat system for quick, automatic colour changes programmed into the system.

“The company has a strong focus on product development and has invested significantly in technology and automation to improve quality, increase efficiency, and enhance safety,� said Nucor.

Nucor’s CEO, president, and chair Leon Topalian said, “This acquisition further executes our strategy to expand beyond our core steelmaking businesses into related downstream businesses. Adding high-performance doors will create cross-selling opportunities with other Nucor businesses and greatly expand Nucor’s product portfolio serving the commercial arena.�

The purchase was an all-cash transaction.