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This article was published on: 02/19/19 10:00 AM

Millennial Emily Pilaczynski has been working at Kloeckner Metals since she was in college. She started out as a part-time employee, trying to make a little extra cash on the side.  After she got her graduate’s degree, she started working full-time at Kloeckner’s Murfreesboro branch. Now she works at Kloeckner Metals’ corporate office in Roswell, …

This article was published on: 02/12/19 10:00 AM

Sid Armanious, former VP of sales for Kloeckner’s Western Region, retired this past July after 45 years in the steel industry. During his career, Sid had the opportunity to work on both the commercial and technical sides of the industry. He made countless relationships buying and selling steel in 25 different countries spread over three …

This article was published on: 02/5/19 10:00 AM

Millenial Allen Moore When millennial Allen Moore decided to move from Athens to Atlanta, it was important to him that he find a job that would allow him to pursue his master’s degree. Now Allen is a staff accountant at Kloeckner Metals by day and a Georgia State University student by night. A career at …

This article was published on: 01/22/19 10:00 AM

The safety profession has changed a lot since Warren Daubenspeck started out in 1974. Now as Kloeckner’s Vice President of Corporate Safety prepares for retirement, he reflects on some memorable aspects and the profession  that transpired during his long career which actually started by chance. While attending West Georgia and majoring in in biology, he …

This article was published on: 01/21/19 1:57 PM

By Jonathan Samples, January 14, 2019 You’ve been hearing about it for a decade or more. The skills gap is coming. The skills gap is here. The skills gap will be the death knell for U.S. industry. But what do we know about this ominous yet elusive term? Is it that today’s workforce merely lacks …

This article was published on: 12/25/18 10:00 AM

Kloeckner Metals recently held a silent auction to raise money for an employee who was seriously injured during an at-home fire accident. The two-week long auction was intended to raise money to help with 23-year employee Barry Brillhart’s medical bills and also to raise safety awareness as an offshoot of the SafeStart program. One day …

This article was published on: 11/20/18 1:02 PM

Is Amazon the enemy of manufacturers? It’s no surprise that Amazon’s business model is changing the way we do business. Its all-digital approach and expansive network of suppliers and sellers pose a threat to manufacturers everywhere. Even with the growing commodification of products, Amazon still manages to maintain impressive margins. Still, there are several ways …

This article was published on: 11/20/18 8:18 AM

The reasons include aesthetics, functionality and flexibility. Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) has been gaining traction in the appliance industry as a multifaceted raw material option. It offers aesthetic and functional benefits that many other materials can’t match. As such, appliance designers have become increasingly aware and interested in the possibilities of using PVD in their …

This article was published on: 10/10/18 4:17 PM

Check out pages 86 – 89 to read our VP, Business Development, John Dobek’s interview about PVD with Manufacturing in Focus. 

This article was published on: 09/24/18 9:11 AM

IT vs. the chief data officer: How to avoid turf wars Instead of seeing the chief data officer (CDO) as one more encroachment on its territory, IT should align with CDOs, influence their vision, support and enhance their projects, and help spin all that data into gold. As the first chief data officer for the city of …