Wheeling-Nisshin expects to begin production of a new product at its plant in Brooke County by the end of the year. 

The company is spending $28 million to add a new corrosion-resistant, hot dip coated steel sheet line at its Follansbee plant.

Wheeling-Nisshin Human Resource Manager Nick Cortese says that the company expects to conduct a non-commercial trial in May.

Commercial production is expected to begin in late November.