Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc.

Johnstown Wire Technologies, Inc. (JWT), headquartered in Johnstown, PA, and originally a division of Bethlehem Steel Corp., has the broadest offerings of high-quality CHQ and electro-galvanized wire and rod in the industry. JWT Company focuses on market segments where metallurgical quality is a differentiating factor. The company operates from a single 638,000 square foot facility in Johnstown, PA and employs 250 people, of which 202 are represented by the USWA.

JWT produces a wide variety of steel wire products made from carbon and alloy wire rod. The company’s manufacturing processes include hydrochloric acid cleaning and coating, wire drawing, electro-galvanizing, aluminizing, and continuous coil annealing.

JWT’s customers are primarily in the transportation and construction industry segments, but the company supplies products for a variety of other industries including machinery, capital goods, energy/electrical power, and consumer products.

COMPANY HISTORY

The Johnstown Wire Mill started operations in 1911 as part of Cambria Steel’s integrated plant and was acquired in 1923 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation. From 1911 through 1992, the plant operated continuously and grew to become one of the largest value added wire mills in North America. The company was purchased from Bethlehem and taken private in late 1992, creating JWT. The company was acquired by GFG Alliance in 2019.

JWT ships wire to customers worldwide.