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Winchester and Western Railroad to Serve New West Virginia Steel Mill

12/14/2022

MARTINSBURG, W.Va., Dec. 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Winchester and Western Railroad (W&W), an affiliate of OmniTRAX, the nationwide supply chain, industrial development, and logistics solutions provider, has signed an agreement to serve Commercial Metals Company's (CMC) latest steel mill in West Virginia. CMC, the largest manufacturer of steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in North America and Central Europe, selected Falling Waters, West Virginia after an exhaustive multi-state site review. The strategic site, located along the historic 106-year-old W&W rail line, provides expansive market access.

"The new CMC mill exemplifies the power of pairing rail and real estate together," said OmniTRAX CEO Dean Piacente. "By combining the efficiency of rail transportation with a strategic location that can efficiently reach two-thirds of the nation's population, this new mill is a model of supply chain optimization." 

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