Shaw Pipe shutting down Regina facility

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Workers at Shaw Pipe are represented by the Construction & General Workers Local Union No. 180. A representative for the union declined to comment on the closure.

Shaw Pipe had been providing services mainly to the Evraz steelmaking plant, but had also been serving other customers in Canada and the U.S. Some of those companies included TC Energy, Enbridge and Pembina Pipeline Corporation.

Pierroz said the Regina site had a low backlog of projects prior to the decision to shut down.

“It did not have many projects in the future that it was looking at coating, and the expectation of future work was low due to the decrease in North American demand,” said Pierroz.

Pierroz said there is currently an oversupply in the market for onshore anti-corrosion pipe coating, which is the rust-proofing of the pipe.

The company is still determining what it will do with the 22-acre site, which is located on Pasqua Street North, just north of Highway 11. Pierroz said one of the company’s options would be to sell the land and assets.

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