Full Speed Ahead for Flack, Big River Paint Line Partnership

Much has changed since Flack Global Metals announced its plan a year ago to build a new painting and processing center adjacent to Big River Steel in Osceola, Ark. Minority shareholder U.S. Steel plans to buy the rest of BRS. Competitor Nucor got into the prepaint business with its purchase of Precoat Metals’ nearby Armorel, Ark., coil coating line. Steel Dynamics Inc. picked Sinton, Texas, as the site for construction of a new mill and paint line. Not to mention the disruption from the COVID pandemic. None of which have deterred FGM or BRS from moving full speed ahead on their greenfield project.

“Nothing has changed. We fully intend to build a world class coil coating and downstream processing facility with Big River Steel,” said FGM founder and CEO Jeremy Flack. The company hopes to secure financing and break ground by the second quarter next year. He anticipates the project will take about two and half years to complete.