Growing to meet demand

Acquisitions have helped Supreme Steel Group position itself A series of strategic acquisitions is one of the tried and true ways for a company to grow its business. The Supreme Group has been applying this approach recently with the goal of positioning the company for the...
Read More..

Deals point to Alberta’s importance

Two recent deals by out-of-province companies further underscore the attractiveness and importance of Alberta’s metal fabrication sector. Earlier this month, Gibraltar Industries, Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer and distributor of products for building and industrial markets, acquired the metal grating fabrication and distribution business of privately held...
Read More..

Steel sector in for a labour-shortage shock

You’ve heard about the severity of the shortage-of-skilled-workers problem in Alberta’s energy sector. But labour is also a problem that affects other sectors and regions of Canada. And that means the steel sector is not immune. Baby boomers who are now starting to retire are compounding...
Read More..

AlbertaMetal.ca - Metal Fabrication Portal

Alberta Metal - Home

AlbertaMetal.ca is an Alberta industry-based website designed to offer the metal fabricating and manufacting community a comprehensive resource for commerce: from opportunities and market news, to associations and directories, to events and productivity issues.

Albertametal.ca is designed to be a clearinghouse of important industry information and is provided on a free and timely basis. Albertmetal.ca is a virtual organization led by industry and government and operated by the private sector.

The vision of this metal fabrication website is:

  • To allow business to business contacts
  • To enhance business to customer contacts
  • To provide market information including oil and gas
  • To connect with productivity tools and information
  • To find business improvement techniques
  • To provide an Alberta event calendar

We are interested in your feedback and direction to make this a highly valuable resource for businesses in the metal fabrication sector.

Alberta’s Metal Fabrication Sector

Alberta has a strong and large metal fabrication sector with over 1,700 companies and close to 40,000 employees. Revenues in the sector are over $10 billion and the growth has been very strong over the last 5 years with the extensive oil and gas investments, infrastructure and other new construction in the province and elsewhere.