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Alro Group At-A-Glance History Al Glick founded Alro Steel in 1948 in a small warehouse in Jackson, Mich. Twenty years passed before the company opened a second location in Battle Creek, Mich. In 1964, Alro purchased a local industrial and hardware supply company and renamed it Alro Industrial Supply. In 1971, Alro expanded into Florida with an investment in 50 percent of Metals Service Center, Fort Lauderdale. When Alro's Florida partner died in 1978, Alro purchased the remaining half. In 1974, Alro built a new facility in Jackson, then expanded it two years later. By the early 1980s, Alro had five locations and had enhanced the product line to include aluminum and stainless steel bar and plate. The company opened a new facility in Boca Raton, Fla., in 1986, and a year later formed a new division, Alro Plastics. In 1994, Alro expanded its Indianapolis warehouse to become a regional hub, and built a new service center in Grand Blanc, Mich., in 1996. In the same year, Alro formed a joint venture with Riverside Grinding, in Jackson, called Alro Riverside LLC. Alro Group has acquired 27 companies since 1983 and operates 44 metals, industrial supplies and plastics plants in 12 states. Companies include Alro Steel Corp., Alro Specialty Metals, Alro Metals Service Centers, Alro Industrial Supply, Alro Plastics and Alro Riverside LLC. Products Alro Steel Corp. distributes aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel, alloy and tool steels. Products include sheet, plate, structurals, extruded bars, hot-rolled and cold-finished bars, pipe and tubing, flooring and expanded metals, flat ground stock, drill rod, threaded rod, bale ties, brass, strapping, and concrete products (flat mesh, mesh roll and rerod). Alro Industrial Supply carries cutting tools, abrasives, die supplies, and supplies for material handling, maintenance and gauging. Alro Plastics carries at least 70 types of engineered plastics, plus vinyl, fiberglass, films and Teflon. Services Processing services available to Alro Steel customers include aluminum circle cutting, CNC flame cutting, plasma and high-definition plasma cutting, production and precision sawing, laser and water-jet cutting, stress relieving, normalizing and annealing, shearing, grinding, forming, chamfering and machining. Board of Directors Al Glick, chairman and chief executive officer Barry Glick, vice chairman and president, Alro Metals Mark Alyea, president and chief operating officer Bob Glick, vice president Carl Glick, vice president and secretary Randy Glick, vice president, assistant secretary and treasurer Affliations Alro Steel belongs to the Steel Service Center Institute, National Association of Aluminum Distributors, Industrial Distributors Association and International Association of Plastics Distributors. By
Corinna C. Petry, Managing Editor Used with permission. Copyright 2000 - Metal Center News |