--- title: About Ameritube, History & Philosophy, Hillsboro Texas Copper Tube Mill | Ameritube description: Founded in 2004 by metallurgists and automotive supply engineers, Ameritube grew from a testing and finishing operation into a fully integrated copper tube mill in Hillsboro, Texas. Read the history and the philosophy behind it. --- 100% Made in USA · Hillsboro, TexasISO 9001:2015 certified · [(254) 580-9888](tel:+12545809888) [![](https://ameritube.net/hs-fs/hubfs/raw_assets/public/ameritube-2026/images/logo.jpg?width=52&height=52&name=logo.jpg)AmeritubeCopper tube mill](https://ameritube.net/?hsLang=en) [Products](https://ameritube.net/products?hsLang=en)[Capabilities](https://ameritube.net/capabilities?hsLang=en)[Industries](https://ameritube.net/markets?hsLang=en)[Quality](https://ameritube.net/quality?hsLang=en)[Resources](https://ameritube.net/resources?hsLang=en)[Company](https://ameritube.net/company?hsLang=en) [Talk to the quote desk(254) 580-9888](tel:+12545809888)[Request a quote](https://ameritube.net/request-a-quote?hsLang=en) [tel:+12545809888](tel:+12545809888) Menu - [Products](https://ameritube.net/products?hsLang=en) - [Capabilities](https://ameritube.net/capabilities?hsLang=en) - [Industries](https://ameritube.net/markets?hsLang=en) - [Quality](https://ameritube.net/quality?hsLang=en) - [Resources](https://ameritube.net/resources?hsLang=en) - [Company](https://ameritube.net/company?hsLang=en) - [Call the mill](tel:+12545809888)[Request a quote](https://ameritube.net/request-a-quote?hsLang=en) ![](https://ameritube.net/hs-fs/hubfs/new-site/cast/crew-casting-machine.jpg?length=960&name=crew-casting-machine.jpg) Home / Company # Twenty years of working backwards from the finished tube. Ameritube was founded in 2004 by engineers who had spent their careers sourcing for automakers and Fortune 500 manufacturers. They started with the last step, testing, and worked backward until, in 2025, the first step, melting C12200 copper, happened in Hillsboro too. Milestones 2004Founded in Hillsboro, Texas 200712,000-tube refinery order, zero rejections 2011Pilger mill installed, casting development begins 2012ISO 9001 certified, defense and marine approvals 2015First complete ship set to a foreign navy 2025In-house melting and casting ## Philosophy: factory first Ameritube exists to answer one question: how do you get consistently American-quality tube at a price the market will pay? The founders' answer was to control the value-adding steps themselves, in the United States, and to test everything. Distribution of complementary alloys came later, and it still plays a supporting role. The factory is the point. That means: - **In-house control.** If a step affects the quality of the tube, we want to do it ourselves and document it. - **Test everything.** Every tube sees eddy current. Hard drawing is used deliberately to expose defects. - **Made in the USA, and now melting here too.** In 2025 Ameritube began melting and casting C12200 copper in-house, the first step toward removing the last dependency on imported hollows. Copper-nickel is next. - **Distribution as a supplement.** Carbon, stainless, and nickel alloys are supplied because our customers' jobs need them, and they pass through the same lab before we ship them. ![Reviewing cast copper samples at Ameritube](https://ameritube.net/hubfs/new-site/cast/founder-samples.jpg) Checking the first cast shells against the drawing, Hillsboro, 2025. ## History 1. 2004**Founded in Hillsboro, Texas** Engineers with patents in steel alloying and years consulting to automakers start with the last step, testing and finishing, so that 100% of what leaves the plant is proven. 2. 2007**12,000 admiralty tubes, zero customer rejections** Four hard draws per tube for ExxonMobil and Petrobras exchangers. Ameritube rejects 1,500 in process. The lesson: overseas raw material needs American processing and American eyes. 3. 2008**First direct refinery order** C44300 admiralty for a refinery, and C70600 copper-nickel for compressor skid coolers. 4. 2011**Pilger mill installed** Development of continuous casting technology begins. 5. 2012**ISO 9001 certified** SOPs, quality processes, and approvals formalised at customer request. Approved for defense and marine work. Stainless and carbon lines added. 6. 2013**Gulf Coast chemical plants** C70600 and C71500 copper-nickel for plants whose brass bundles kept failing. C71500 approved through third-party ID eddy current testing. 7. 2014**Hydrostatic and air-under-water testing** Expansion into shipbuilding and artificial lift pump barrels. 8. 2015**Nuclear tube and a full navy ship set** 14,000 C71500 tubes for a Dominion Energy nuclear plant under a customer-surveilled procedure. First complete ship set, with valves, fittings, and flanges, to a foreign navy under FMF. Monel 400 and nickel alloys added. 9. 2017 to 2024**Nickel line, duplex U-bends, NSF-61 copper** Alloy 200, C-276, 600, 625, 800, 825. Duplex U-bend bundles for Motiva. 18,000 316L U-bends for Praxair. ISO 9001:2015 recertified through March 2027. NSF/ANSI 61 copper plumbing tube launched. 10. 2025**Melting and casting come in-house** Ameritube melts and continuously casts its first alloy, C12200 copper, in Hillsboro. Melt, cast, pilger, draw, anneal, straighten, and test, in one building. Copper-nickel and brass are next for the furnace. ![First cast copper shell leaving the continuous casting line](https://ameritube.net/hubfs/new-site/cast/cast-tube-water.jpg) ## Where we are 1000 North State Highway 77, Hillsboro, Texas 76645. One hour south of Dallas on I-35, 80,000 square feet of manufacturing, testing, and warehouse. ### Talk to the mill **Quote desk**[(254) 580-9888](tel:+12545809888)**Email**[rfq@ameritube.net](mailto:rfq@ameritube.net)**Plant**1000 N State Hwy 77, Hillsboro, TX 76645 [Request a quote](https://ameritube.net/request-a-quote?hsLang=en) ### Downloads - [Main brochure](https://ameritube.net/hubfs/PDFs/main_brochure.pdf?hsLang=en)PDF - [Case studies](https://ameritube.net/hubfs/Ameritube_Case_Studies.pdf?hsLang=en)PDF ### Have a spec? Send it. Alloy, OD, wall, length, quantity. An engineer on the Hillsboro quote desk answers within one business day. 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