Hamlin Sheet Metal is in its third generation of family ownership and management, and women play an integral role in the company’s success.

A sheet metal worker was killed Jan. 28, 2021, while trying to repair an HVAC system at a building in Newark, New Jersey. 

Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (MCI) installs a custom stretch of copper ductwork as an added layer of protection against the spread of disease causing microbes. 

Unique Metal Work’s ability to fabricate and install ductwork streamlined productivity providing project cost efficiency and greater quality control.

Although the coronavirus pandemic has caused some sheet metal operations to stop in their tracks, Western Allied Mechanical isn’t one of them.

Now more than ever, your sheet metal shop operations need to be lean in order for you to get the most out of your socially distanced workforce. 

The new plant includes a second ACM routing table to increase SMS’s capabilities beyond ACM and into heavier single skin products, phenolic resin-based and fiber cement-based façade solutions as well.

In celebration of the company’s recent 50th anniversary, we visited the Michigan-based sheet metal shop — before sheltering in place and before social distancing — to see how the forward-thinking company keeps business moving.

I recently received a somewhat anxious call from a friend in the sheet metal industry. He won a nice duct order, but his submittals were being rejected because he needed to provide published performance data for his duct fittings. 

This month, Advance Machinery/Advance Cutting Systems, founded in 1985, celebrates 35 years as a brand in the sheet metal fabrication business. Here, national sales manager Clinton Ray Jr. explains why that type of longevity doesn’t just happen on its own.