MECO Announces New State-of-the-Art Fabrication Center and Machine Shop
Mechanical Equipment Co. (MECO), a New Orleans-based company, announced today the opening of a new, state-of-the-art machining and fabrication center in Goodbee, La. The facility will initially employ roughly 60 MECO employees with exceptional machining and fabrication skills. The company specializes in various grades of stainless steel, titanium, monel and copper nickel alloys. The new machine shop will operate numerous CNC machining centers from Cincinnati Milacron and the Mazak Corporation. MECO’s fabrication capabilities at the Goodbee facility will be substantial and utilize systems for plasma cutting, rolling and forming both plate and sheet metal. Two dozen TIG and MIG welding stations will also be installed. The new facility will support the company’s Houston assembly plant as well as other businesses requiring fabrication and machining services.
George Gsell, MECO’s President, said: “Our progress over the last twelve weeks, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is a testament to the spirit, fortitude and integrity of all of our employees. We are committed to the reconstruction of New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast.”
MECO is a world leader in the design and construction of high tech water purification plants for the biopharmaceutical industry, the U.S. military and offshore oil & gas companies.