Fulton, Md., Sept. 23, 2014 - DAHER-TLI opened a new, state-of-the-art fabrication facility last week in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that counted local, state and federal officials from the Commonwealth of Virginia among the 80 people in attendance.

Speakers included Phillip McCall, chairman of the board of supervisors for Washington County, where the shop is now located, and representatives for Senator Mark Warner, Senator Tim Kaine, Congressman Morgan Griffith and Delegate Israel O'Quinn.

 The multi-million dollar investment in the new facility is part of parent company DAHER's strategy for expanding its North American operations, which generated $200 million in revenue last year.

"DAHER wants its business here to be as big as it is in Europe," said DAHER Group general manager Didier Kayat, who traveled from company headquarters in Paris to attend the ceremony. In 2013 revenue from the group's operations totaled $1.3 billion.

"The fabrication plant is only the beginning of the story," Kayat continued. "DAHER's ambitions for North America are big."

The 90,000 square foot plant makes 7A Type A Containers, a full line of industrial packages, overpacks, liners, storage systems, machined components, and many other containers used in the nuclear industry.

The products are being made by 33 plant employees using the most up-to-date equipment and software: 20 welding machines for GMAW, GTAW, SMAW, SAW and FCAW processes; three horizontal and vertical band saws; one 70-ton Scotchman Ironworker; and a Yama-Seki gantry mill.

DAHER-TLI will also install additional equipment, including rolls, plasma cutting tools and a new paint facility

All DAHER-TLI products are manufactured in compliance with 10 CFR Part 71 and NQA-1 approved quality assurance programs.