Northedge Steel buys former Yorktown steel building lot, will bring 40 jobs

A North Carolina steel company is planning to take over a Yorktown steel structure site built in 2020, but never used.  And, it’s planning to hire 40 workers.

Northedge Steel has purchased All-Steel Carports for $5.5 million.  The company, headquartered in northern North Carolina, says it will manufacture and sell carports and steel buildings in Yorktown that will be destined for Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Kentucky.

The 11-acre manufacturing facility and sales center was supposed to be the new home of All-Steel Carports, which began business in Muncie in 2001.  But before moving, owner Ignacio Chavez-Castillo was arrested on federal immigration-related charges.  The government claimed the company was hiring and harboring “illegal aliens” and paying them “grossly reduced wages.”  Castillo entered into a federal plea agreement and forfeited his business last September.

Northedge Steel has begun advertising for inside sales representatives on the job site Indeed.  The position’s salary is listed as beginning at $45,000, with commission.  It plans to begin operating in August.