Consolidated Pipe & Supply
Consolidated Pipe & Supply Company Inc. (CPS) fabricates and supplies structural and specialty pipe and tubing for the energy, paper, mining and nuclear industries. The Birmingham-based company was founded in 1960 and employs 650 in 40 locations across the country. Its corporate headquarters is located on a leased site at 1205 Hilltop Parkway within the Birmingham-Southern College campus.
In 2011 the company moved a storage yard from Brock Industrial Drive in South Pratt to another site off I-459 in Bessemer to make way for a new pipe coating shop, replacing one it operated on Burlington Northern Railroad property off Arkadelphia Road.
In 2021 Consolidated Pipe & Supply employed 300 people and reported revenues of $890 million, ranking it as the area's 13th largest private company.
In 2022 the company purchased 28.6 acres at the intersection of Tom Martin Drive and Lakeshore Parkway from the City of Birmingham for $3.25 million for development of a new headquarters office.
References
- Tomberlin, Michael (December 9, 2009) "$5 million plan for Consolidated Pipe & Supply plant." The Birmingham News
- "Pipe & Supply Company to Buy Land for Relocation." (September 30, 2022) Birmingham Business Journal