YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) -- Vallourec is bringing new jobs to the Mahoning Valley.

Vallourec is bringing a new state-of-the-art OCTG Threading Line, investing $48 million in the Valley. The new facility will produce high-VAM high-torque connections, which are important for onshore and gas wells.

Several elected officials were in attendance, including Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine. He says Ohio is a manufacturing state that needs these kinds of jobs.

"We've always been a manufacturing state. We're a state that makes things, and we're really good at it, and we have greater workers who do it, and I talk to some of the workers, some of them have been in manufacturing, literally, their entire life, and they're very proud of what they do," DeWine.

Other elected officials at the event included Michael

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