CHICAGO, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Tube's manufacturing facilities:

• Chicago, IL - 1855 East 122nd Street
• Harrow, ON – 200 Clark Street
• Plymouth, MI – 13101 Eckles Road

are among the first steel tubular producers in North America to earn the right to display the Steel Tube Institute of North America's Certified Producer Mark on its products.  

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The certification is earned by passing a series of rigorous 3rd Party independent audits and product testing to assure that a manufacturing facility's processes, manufacturing procedures and products adhere to ASTM and other nationally recognized manufacturing standards.  

The testing is conducted by Intertek, one of the world's largest providers of auditing, inspections, testing, quality assurance and certification of companies' products and processes.  

Atlas was one of only six North American tubular producers to achieve certification and the only company to certify three manufacturing locations.  

David W. Seeger, president of JMC Steel Group, Atlas Tube's parent company, commended both the leadership and employees at the Atlas facilities on their achievement. "It's an accomplishment to be proud of," he said. "Achieving certification on the initial try is an indication of the overall high manufacturing standards, constant focus on product quality and pride that everyone in our manufacturing plants puts into the HSS we make. We've always known that we produce some of the finest structural steel tubing in the world. Now that's been certified."

About Atlas Tube

Atlas Tube, a division of the JMC Steel Group, was founded in Harrow, Ontario in 1984 and has been manufacturing Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) for over three decades. It is the largest HSS producer in North America. Atlas Tube has five State-of-the-Art production facilities in Chicago, Illinois; Plymouth, Michigan; Blytheville, Arkansas, Harrow, Ontario, and Winnipeg, Manitoba; producing in excess of 1.4 million tons of HSS tube annually. Today, its steel tubing products are used in some of the most demanding applications including commercial and industrial building columns, solar support structures, sports stadiums, bridges, mobile construction equipment, railcars and oil rigs.

For more information about Atlas Tube, and its HSS products, go to www.atlastube.com, email sales@atlastube.com, or call 800-733-5683.

SOURCE Atlas Tube