Universal Industrial Gases, LLC grows South Carolina footprint with new operation in Darlington County

Company investing nearly $100 million in new facility

• Universal Industrial Gases, LLC (UIG) is growing its South Carolina footprint with a new operation in Darlington County.
• The company is investing nearly $100 million in the new facility.
• UIG is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation.
• The company will be located at 300 Steel Mill Road in Darlington, S.C.
• Operations are expected to be online in December 2025.

Universal Industrial Gases, LLC (UIG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nucor Corporation (Nucor), announced it is growing its South Carolina footprint with a new operation in Darlington County. The company is investing nearly $100 million in the new facility.

Based in Pennsylvania, UIG specializes in the design, construction, and operation of industrial gas production and supply systems.

• The company operates production plants across the U.S., including one in Berkeley County, supplying to both Nucor sites and third-party clients.

• UIG’s new 200,000-square-foot facility, located at 300 Steel Mill Road in Darlington, will provide on-site industrial gases to Nucor’s Darlington County steel mill.
• Operations are expected to be online in December 2025.

“Universal Industrial Gases is pleased to be a part of Nucor’s expanding presence in South Carolina, building on 60 years of the company doing business in the state. The project is part of Nucor’s strategy to produce its own industrial gases for use in its steel mills. We would like to thank the local and state officials for welcoming our new teammates and investment into your state, and we look forward to commissioning our industrial gas facilities to support Nucor Darlington at the end of the year.”

-Universal Industrial Gases General Manager Scott Pape

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