Merit Steel Company
701 W Indiana, Kouts, IN 46347
Operating signal within 12 months from two or more independent sources.
- WARN notice effective MAR 26, 2020 · 81 employees · filed APR 13, 2020 · LO — recorded; it does not change the status
Notices filed with the state under the federal WARN Act, as the state publishes them, collected by the WARN Act notices feed (CC BY 4.0). A notice records what the employer told the state; it is not by itself proof that the plant closed.
What they make
Steel Wire Drawing331222Where it is
Other plants nearby
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Worthington Steel | Porter | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing 331221 | ACTIVE | 33.1 KM |
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Also at this address
No other federal record shares this street address.
Where this record comes from
5 sources hold this plant, and 8 fields on this page come from them. Each line is one agency’s own record of it: the identifier it is filed under, whether that record shows the plant operating or only that it exists, and when the register first and last saw it there.
EPA cross-references this facility in IN-FRS, IN-TEMPO, NPDES, RCRAINFO, TRIS · EPA site type STATIONARY.
- OSHA injury and illness reportsOPERATINGRecord 909221 · first seen DEC 2025 · last seen DEC 2025
- EPA ECHO compliance recordsOPERATINGfirst seen NOV 2025 · last seen NOV 2025
- EPA Toxics Release InventoryOPERATINGfirst seen DEC 2023 · last seen DEC 2024
- State WARN plant-closing and layoff noticesEXISTENCEfirst seen MAR 2020 · last seen MAR 2020
- EPA Facility Registry ServiceEXISTENCERecord 110064147454 · first seen JUN 2016 · last seen JUN 2016
IN PORTER COUNTY8 other plants share this one’s industry (Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel, NAICS 3312); 3 of them have a size band on record.
What each source says
Every field below, as each source filed it. The value this page shows is marked; where the sources disagree, the field says so. Status is computed from independent sources; nothing here is self-reported unless marked Claimed.
- Name
- EPA: MERIT STEEL COMPANY · NOV 2026
- Street address
- EPA: 701 W INDIANA · NOV 2026
- City
- EPA: KOUTS · NOV 2026
- State
- EPA: IN · NOV 2026
- County (FIPS code)
- EPA: 18127 · NOV 2026
- Coordinates
- EPA: 41.317528,-87.031972 · NOV 2026
- Employees (band)
- OSHA: 20-99 · DEC 2025
- Hazardous waste generator (RCRA)
- EPA ECHO: LQG · NOV 2026