Optimum Steel unlocks 20,000 SF in Lockhart

LOCKHART, CALDWELL COUNTY – Optimum Steel has signed a lease for a 20,000-sf building where it will locate a new manufacturing facility. The company is expected to invest $1.2 million in the new manufacturing facility.

The company expects to bring as many as 55 new jobs, with 30 coming in the first year. Optimum Steel was founded in 1989 and lists nearby Kyle as its headquarters.

Lockhart, a city of about 13,000, is located 30 miles southeast of Austin.