A local landmark business is set to reopen in Walnutport.

Brian Rubright, site manager for the American Nickeloid Company, told council members he was visiting the meeting to advise them that the company recently applied for air permits from the Department of Environmental Protection."The Nickeloid," as most local residents call it, has been in business since 1898 as "a premier supplier of continuous coil products."Per the company website, it offers a complete line of prepainted metals, pre-plated metals, pre-polished metals, vinyl metal laminates and specialty coated metals.Rubright said a line in the plant that has been "mothballed since 2001" will soon be upgraded and operational.He added that, in the future, the company hopes to start hiring again.