The sheet metal industry has changed a great deal since the first issue of SNIPS Magazine went to the presses in April 1932, back when the magazine focused mostly on boilers, which the supplemental of our sister publication Engineered Systems, Today’s Boiler, now covers extensively.
Originally referred to as galvanized metal, or G.I., owing to the metal that made up their helmets during wartime, veterans returned to America after WWII and ignited a boom in residential ductwork installation that lingers to this day. SNIPS adapted to the times and acted quickly to cover the evolution of sheet metal shops across the country to meet this demand. As time has progressed, the trade has trended toward increasing efficiency in the manufacturing setting to cut down on time in the field.