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Metals & Related Manufacturing

Numerous metal-related companies have expanded recently in the region and are supported by an extensive metal-working infrastructure. Long-standing resident companies, such as Alstom Power, Inc., and Capital City Iron Works, Inc., as well as newer corporate citizens such as Chaparral Steel and Service Center Metals, provide testimony to the viability of metal-related companies in the area.

 

Click here for a Guide to Metals Manufacturing in Virginia's Gateway Region.

 

Core Industries:

  • Boiler, tank and shipping container manufacturing
  • Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing
  • Foundries
  • Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing
  • Metalworking machinery manufacturing
  • Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
  • Machine stops turned product and screw, nut and bolt manufacturing
  • Steel product manufacturing from purchased steel
  • Forging and stamping
  • Spring and wire product manufacturing
  • *Industry and occupational listings are based on regional presence, except for industries in italics, which pertain to the national industry cluster

 

Supplier Industries:

  • Wholesale trade
  • Truck transportation
  • Management of companies and enterprises
  • Automotive repair and maintenance
  • Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  • Machine shops; turned product; and screw, nut and bolt manufacturing
  • Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing
  • Other chemical product and preparation manufacturing
  • Other professional, scientific and technical services
  • Real estate

 

Customer Industries:

  • Ventialation, heating, air-conditioning and commercial refrigeration equipment manufacturing
  • Engine, turbine and power transmission equipment manufacturing
  • Basic chemical manufacturing
  • Tobacco manufacturing
  • Resin, synthetic rubber and artificial synthetic fibers and filaments manufacturing
  • Plastics product manufacturing
  • Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
  • Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
  • Converted paper product manufacturing
  • New residential 1-unit structures, nonfarm

 

Top Ten Companies:

Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.
Stamp Tech, Inc.
Emporia Foundry Incorporated
Manchester Tank & Equipment, Inc.
Hoover & Strong, Inc
Metl-Span I, LTD
Watson Metal Products, Inc.
Short Run Stamping of Virginia, Inc.
Adamson Global Technology Corporation
SteelFab of Virginia, Inc.