Beginnings

Located approximately two miles from U.S. Steel, Fairfield works, Western Pipe Service (WPS) was founded in February, 1982 by Western Steel, Inc. to finish and ship seamless pipe that was produced by U. S. Steel's new seamless pipe mill (Fairfield Tubular Operations). WPS obtained API certification for both threading and beveling of seamless tubular products in 1983, the same year that the fairfield Seamless mill opened. Upon opening of the pipe mill, U. S. Steel decided to perform third party inspections of all material being produced, including NDT and thread inspection, at WPS. Today, WPS continues to supply U. S. Steel Fairfield Tubular Operations with additional thread and beveling capacity as well as non-destructive testing, collapse testing, and product shipping.