Nippon Steel & Sumikin Cold Heading Wire Indiana officially opened its 150,000-square-foot steel-wire production facility in Shelbyville, Ind. The $50 million project is expected to create up to 70 jobs by 2021. The plant, parent company Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.’s first in the U.S. for its bar and wire rod unit, has an annual production capacity of 36,000 tons and is capable of manufacturing steel wires with a maximum diameter of 1.5 inches (40 mm).