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STEEL AND NON-FERROUS METAL Erecting the Structure of a New Value Chain SCOA’s Recent Purchase of Consolidated Systems Inc. Helps Build a Bridge Between Upstream Steel and Downstream Construction Businesses T he strength of a building depends on its structure; the roof, floors, and connecting components serve as the true framework upon which a trusted edifice is erected. Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) recently became a percentage owner of Consolidated Systems Inc. (CSi), to use its steel business line and construction partnerships to erect an upstream/downstream framework for success. structural and architectural applications.Their brandsVersa-Dek®, Deep-Dek®, Curve Dek™, Deep-Dek® Composite all cater to specific architectural needs.All these deck systems offer additional possibilities for acoustical capability and painted metal finishes, and Metal Dek Group manufactures and supports Bridge Dek®, a product line of stay-in-place deck forms for bridge construction, offering profiles that can accommodate design spans up to 14 feet, and can be produced with Rhino-Dek®, a super laminate that adds an impervious barrier against salt and brackish conditions. Secondly, Consolidated Metal Products® Group (CMP™) manufactures and supplies painted metal systems to the construction, appliance, and transportation industries. CSi-produced panels are roll-formed fromVersa-Steel;Versa-Steel metal is cleaned, leveled, pretreated, primed and painted for full protection on state-of-thescience coil paint lines operated by CMP™.Versa-Clear™ is available for a bare metal look without compromising protection; custom colors and color matching can be done in house.As an industry expert in metallurgy and coatings, CMP™ excels at meeting exacting painted metal specifications, and its single-source manufacturing and quality control simplify customer-partner supply chains. CMP™’s manufacturing processes are certified by ABS Quality Evaluations, Inc. and have received ISO Certification. Lastly, Consolidated Components Group™ (CCG™) has more than four decades of corporate company expertise with coil coating and roll-forming steel, with standard and custom paint Taking its place in the construction world as a trusted manufacturer, Consolidated Systems Inc. provides coil coating as well as metal processing and fabrication, with a focus on the manufacturing and sales of metal roof, composite floor, form, and bridge deck systems.These often complex overall “product systems” can create a full structure, or merely supply support components for another structure.These systems have brought beauty and strength to impressive projects from Busch Stadium to Coors Field, from Raleigh Durham Airport to Austin International Airport, from William and Mary University in Williamsburg,Virginia, to Hathaway Brown School in Shaker Heights, Ohio. With administrative and manufacturing headquarters and factory in Columbia, South Carolina, CSi has established satellite factories in Memphis,Tennessee,Terrell,Texas, Phoenix,Arizona, and Harrisonburg,Virginia. CSi provides its customers top quality products through three companies: Metal Dek Group®, Consolidated Metal Products® Group (CMP™), and Consolidated Components Group™ (CCG™), and all have the ability to incorporate CSi’s different trademarked metal treatment processes called “Engineered Solutions™”, which can vary the color, strength and weather resistance of its products. Firstly, Metal Dek Group® manufactures and supports a complete line of metal roof, floor and form “deck systems”, which means a complete architecturally-planned product framework for CSi’s 10 v i s i o n s S p r i n g 2 0 1 1

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Visions - Spring 2011

Visions - Spring 2011
Contents
SCOA Foundation - Japan Relief and More
Economic Impacts of Multiple Crises in Japan
Building the World’s Largest Wind Farm
Erecting the Structure of a New Value Chain
Unique Machine Heralded for Contributions to Alaskan Economy

Visions - Spring 2011