SAND SPRINGS – Last month, pipe manufacturer Webco Industries broke ground on the first construction of its new F. W. Weber.
The 72,000-square-foot facility will house the company’s data generation and executives, as well as the Webco Tech Center, responsible for studies and development, complex testing, prototyping, and solving metallurgical challenges.
In the past, the Technology Center was a shared effort across multiple corporate locations. According to company executives, bringing other people together and providing them with the laboratory, apparatus and resources needed to move the specialty tubing industry forward and help it meet the desires of the HVAC industry, were the goals of the creation of the next-generation center, according to a press release from Webco. said.
“We’ve said we’re a company where other people make a difference,” said Dave Boyer, president of Webco. “The Technology Center ensures that our teammates have what they want to make an even bigger difference as we move forward with our Next Chapter. “
Webco purchased land in Sand Springs, adjacent to its Star Center production facility, for the leadership campus and technical center and rebuilt it as a new campus. The Tech Center offers space for collaborative work between teams and a view of the Arkansas River with downtown Tulsa. in the distance.
“We have a permanent company in Sand Springs in 1969 and we knew we were looking to build our leadership campus here,” Dana Weber, CEO and chair of Webco’s board of directors.
The company’s former headquarters will be modernized to serve as the headquarters of Webco University, which is responsible for the initial and additional workforce of Webco’s more than 1,400 employees.
The new F. W. Weber Leadership Campus and Webco Technology Center form the center of what Webco leaders call “the next bankruptcy of our eternal journey. “The company marked the naming of the campus with a rite and book of inspirational quotes talking about Webco. Culture and its 16 guiding principles.
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