During the month of November, the Decatur team completed the installation of the new 60” wide x .250” Braner slitter.  This slitter is now operational.  To view the capabilities for the new slitter, follow this link: www.magicsteelsales.com/equipmentDecatur

In addition to the slitter, the building expansion is well under way with the footings, floors and concrete stub walls completed and the Nucor Steel building arriving for assembly.

During the month of October, the Braner installation team has been hard at work installing our new 60” slitter.  This project is nearing completion.  Over the next few weeks we will be configuring the drives and running test coils to confirm that everything is operating correctly.  Be sure to check out all of the progress photos in the Decatur Photos section of our website.

In addition to the slitter, construction has started on a 40,000 square foot expansion to the back of the building.  This expansion will provide additional space for master coils in order to support the new slitter.

After completing their both their Stage 1 and Stage 2 certification audits with no findings, our Decatur Alabama facility is now ISO 9001:2008 certified.  If you would like to view copies of our ISO certifications, they are available in the Customer section of our web site accessible by the menu on the left.

 We would like to than everyone at our Decatur facility for the hard work and job well done.

 Congratulations.

Rademacher has broke ground on the slitter foundation for the new slitter.  The first step will be to dig the looping pit which will be 25' deep from building floor level.  Once this is completed, they can proceed with foundations for the rest of the slitter along with the raised platform and buried conduit runs.

A new state of the art 60" x 60,000 pound x 1/4" thick slitting line has been ordered from Braner for our Decatur Alabama Facility.  This slitter is scheduled to be operational by the end of the year will allow us to slit up to 1/4", take significantly more cuts in a single pass, slit higher strength steels, and also allow this facility to have a backup slitter in the event of an equipment failure.

Key strengths of the new slitter include:

• .250 max gauge
• 78" Max OD size
• 10" arbors
• 250 HP head drive
• 300 HP recoiler with 2 speed gearbox
• Drag Box tension unit
• Braner Cluster Leveler

 Expect more information to follow as this project progresses.

On April 14^th Magic Steel was once again honored by Haworth Inc. with their 2010 Supplier Excellence Award.  This is the 4^th year in a row Magic Steel has earned Haworth’s highest award for their suppliers.  Out of approximately 375 Haworth suppliers Magic Steel was one of only 10 to receive this award and the only steel supplier.  Congratulations to everyone from Magic Steel.

Pictured:  Kevin Bailey – Haworth VP Global Operations, Greg Alksnis, Dick Haworth – Haworth Chairman Emeritus, Brad Holwerda, Matthew Haworth – Haworth Chairman

Magic Steel's Decatur facility is now officially open for business. 

For everyone that assisted in the construction and startup of this new facility.

Fite Building Company
Braner
Machine Concepts
Samuel Strapping
DeShazo Cranes
Rademacher Industrial Systems
Atlas Industrial Contractors
David Deering
Gene Holm
And many others…   


Thank You

We are pleased to announce that Magic steel has been awarded the 2008 Supplier Award from Knoll recognizing Outstanding Service and Cost Competative Support at the Muskegon, MI and Grand Rapids, MI Knoll facilities. 

Of 400 plus suppliers, 20 were singled out for this award with Magic Steel being the largest, in terms of dollars spent, and number one in on time delivery as well as quality management. 

Magic has been supplying sheet coil to Knoll since 1994 when the Grand Rapids facility was owned by Westinghouse and the Muskegon facility was owned by Shaw Walker.  Knoll acquired both companies and we have continued supply without interruption for those 15 years.

We have grown substantially since then, adding a new facility in Butler, Indiana with another due to open in Decatur, Alabama in the summer of 2009.  We look forward to continuing our relationship with Knoll for many years to come and are appreciative of the recognition they have bestowed upon us for 2008 performance.