Direct Metals Enhances Production With New High-Performance Shear

Kennesaw, GA – Direct Metals®, an international steel service center with headquarters in Kennesaw, Georgia, and a warehouse in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, has put into service a new state-of-the-art shear.

The 3/8" capacity 13-foot shear with CNC back gauges is designed to maximize speed and precision, providing improved performance for custom orders. The investment enables high-quality cuts across a range of materials, including bar grating, wire mesh, perforated metal, and expanded metal.

“This is a defining moment for our company,” states Tom Hoover, President of Direct Metals®. “The shear allows us to deliver custom metal fabrications faster and more accurately, ensuring that our customers can rely on us for quality and efficiency with every order.”

Founded in 1996, Direct Metals® is a leader in industrial and specialty metal products. The company carries one of the largest inventories in the nation, featuring perforated metal, bar grating, expanded metal, safety grating, fiberglass grating, architectural metals, and wire mesh products. Its products are available in carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, brass, bronze, fiberglass, and galvanized metal. Direct Metals® offers a range of fabrication capabilities, including cutting, shearing, sawing, punching, cutouts, welding, slitting, blanking, burning, and various special finishes. The company provides expedited shipping with in-stock material ordered by noon shipped the same day. Direct Metals® has served customers in the United States and worldwide for nearly 30 years.

About Direct Metals

Direct Metals offers specialty and architectural metals, including perforated metal, expanded metal, bar grating and more. Visit www.directmetals.com for additional information.