use of expanded metal :

Expanded metall used with concrete in buildings and construction, maintenance of equipments, making of arts and crafts, covering screen for first class sound case. Expanded metal also fencing for super highway, studio, highway. Heavy expanded metal can be used as step mesh of oil tanks, working platform,petroleum and mine well, automobile vehicles, big ships. Also serve as reinforcing bar in construction, railway and bridge. welcome to contact us for our prices and availabilities.

news of expanded metal:

Expanded Metals Manufacturers Association To Hold Spring 2008 Conference :

Glen Ellyn, IL - The Expanded Metals Manufacturers Association (EMMA) will hold its Spring Conference at The Kiawah Island Golf Resort, Kiawah Island, SC, April 25-27, 2008.

There will be a press conference open to the media on Saturday, April 26, 2008. Also, an invitation will be extended to any North American expanded metal manufacturer interested in becoming an EMMA member. For those interested in becoming a member, call Augie Sisco at (630) 942-6591, NAAMM Headquarters.

Current EMMA members are; Alabama Metal Industries Corporation (AMICO), Exmet Industries Inc., Expanded Solutions L.L.C., Fisher & Ludlow, New Metals Inc., Niles Expanded Metals & Plastics and Spantek Expanded Metal.

EMMA’s purpose is to promote the uses of expanded metal products with building professionals through publication of technical information, new product development and capabilities. EMMA also provides a forum for the exchange of information on the expanded metal.l industry.

EMMA is a division of The National Association of Architectural Metal Manufacturers (NAAMM), the Illinois based trade Association representing manufacturers of a wide range of metal products used chiefly in commercial and industrial building and construction. EMMA represents the majority of expanded metal manufacturers in North America.

Expanded Metal is manufactured from sheet metal which is slit and stretched into a non-raveling unit of uniformed openings. This adds strength while producing no waste. It allows flow of air, fluid or light to go through and is available in various thicknesses with different opening sizes, from micro mesh to grating. Expanded Metal is used in applications such as enclosures, racks, shelving, fencing, security, building facades and architectural & decorative elements with just about any type of metal.