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Alro Opens New Grand Rapids Outlet

Written by Laura Miller

December 13, 2022

Alro Steel has opened a new location in Grand Rapids, Mich.

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The new Alro Metals Outlet is a 12,700-square-foot facility selling a variety of metals and plastics, including carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel, tool steel, copper, brass, and bronze products in a variety of shapes and sizes, in a retail setting.

Shearing and cutting is also available to customers, which include machine shops, job shops, contractors, welders, hobbyists, artists, and other do-it-yourselfers, the company said.

Alro Steel was founded in 1948, and operates more than 75 locations in 15 states. Its corporate headquarters are in Jackson, Mich.

By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. Since 2007, she has held various editorial and marketing positions with steel industry publications, associations, and mills. In 2021, after a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel trade journalism, joining SMU in 2022. She is a member of the Association of Women in the Metal Industries and a past-president of the AWMI Pittsburgh Chapter. She holds a BA in Latin American Studies from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. She can be reached at laura@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7869.

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