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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 180
BY REPRESENTATIVE HONORE AND SENATOR BROOME
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON
To commend Stupp Corporation upon the celebration of its sixtieth anniversary.
WHEREAS, on September 15, 2012, Stupp Corporation will recognize and celebrate
its sixtieth anniversary; and
WHEREAS, Stupp Corporation was originally formed in 1952 as Cal-Metal to
produce "invasion pipe" for the Korean War effort; this pipe supported United States and
Allied Forces' amphibious operations on the Korean Peninsula, and after the war, the
company turned its attention to the growing energy infrastructure of the United States; and
WHEREAS, in 1960, Stupp Bros. acquired the interest of its partner in Cal-Metal and
renamed the company Stupp Corporation; and
WHEREAS, in 1967, Stupp Corporation purchased one hundred ten acres of land in
East Baton Rouge Parish to develop a new Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) mill, which
was fully operational in 1969, making the company the first steel mill to produce twenty-
four-inch ERW line pipe; and
WHEREAS, in 1993, Stupp Corporation partnered with The Bayou Companies to
construct a state of the art Fusion Bond Epoxy (FBE) coating plant that was matched to the
company's high rate of pipe production, and today, Bayou LLC is the most productive FBE
coating plant in North America; and
WHEREAS, in 1997, a thirty million-dollar upgrade was completed on the ERW
facility in Baton Rouge, which made Stupp Corporation the only North American mill to
have continuous operating capability through twenty-four-inch pipe; and
WHEREAS, in 2009, Stupp Corporation commissioned an eighty million-dollar
two-step helical pipe mill in Baton Rouge, which established the company as a factor not
only in the United States but in the Western Hemisphere; and ENROLLEDHCR NO. 180
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WHEREAS, as one of the top employers in East Baton Rouge Parish, Stupp
Corporation has employed more than five thousand employees; and
WHEREAS, Stupp Corporation's facilities in Louisiana represent substantial
long-term investments, and their operations retain existing and attract new jobs, provide tax
revenue, spur economic growth, and help meet the world's growing energy needs.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend and congratulate Stupp Corporation upon the celebration of its sixtieth
anniversary.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to Stupp
Corporation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE