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Everything you need to know About: Red Metals

Three names in the vast and varying world of metals stand out amongst the crowd thanks to their unique reddish hues. These metals...

Nurturing Partnerships Through a Customer-Focused Workplace Culture with Jessica Smith, Territory Manager at Boyd Metals

We take pride in doing a great job and exceeding customer expectations while staying true to our core values, a philosophy that...

Everything You Need to Know About: Steel

Believe it or not, the expression “stronger than steel” did not become a common phrase simply because it rolls off the tongue...

Industrial Product Buyer's Guide: Tips for Ordering Wire Mesh, Expanded Metal and Bar Grating from a Metal Company

Are you new to the metal service industry and feeling a bit overwhelmed by the intricacies of ordering industrial metal products?...

Made in America: The Past, Present and Future of the Steel Industry

The American steel industry has seen a lot over its illustrious history. From its rise following the Civil War, throughout its...

Enhancing Work Performance and Projects with Expanded Metal

Engineers are always looking for materials to improve work performance and efficiency. One such material to consider for your...

Everything You Need to Know About: Aluminum

How would you react if someone told you they would trade you a piece of gold for that old soda can you had hanging out in the...

Metal Bending Services with the Boyd Metals Press Break

Press brakes are a vital piece of metal-forming equipment that allows our team to deliver products ready for immediate use...

What You Need to Know About Our Tube Laser Cutting Machine

Boyd Metals is proud to offer our customers a wide range of cutting-edge technology. Our high-quality cutting equipment includes ...

Everything You Need to Know About: Metal Grating

With a variety of different materials, classifications, and purposes, it can be difficult to determine which type of metal...

Understanding the CRU Index and Steel Prices

Have you ever wondered how steel prices are determined? If you've ever given it any serious thought, you'll soon realize how...

Becoming Part of the Boyd Metals Team with Hang Dinh

While our products and services focus on the steel industry, the people are the heart of Boyd Metals. The biggest reason for the...

Equipping Our Team: It's Better to Succeed Together

We believe in teamwork, achieving together, and having a work-hard-play-hard workplace culture. Why is it better to succeed as a...

Continuous Improvement in the Metals Industry

At Boyd Metals, our mission is to provide our customers with the best overall service and value in the metals service center...

The Boyd Metals Difference: The First Step in Safety

Safely is always our first step and number one priority. Ensuring we follow every precaution, protocol, rule, and regulation is...

Customer Impact with Boyd Metals Territory Manager, Daniel Nevils

Throwing it back to the ’90s, when three guys believed the marketplace was ripe for a metals service center that conducted...

Serving the Metals Industry: Our Commitment to You

At Boyd Metals, serving the metals and steel industry in the U.S. is not our job, it's a calling. From consultation to...

Steel Market Update: Q3 2022 Outlook

While our team can be relied on for a weekly pricing trend report, we offer here an overview of the steel and metals industry in...

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3 Keys for Successful Project Management

When planning out your engineering project, it's easy to miss a step, get behind or forget what vendor you have contacted....

Q1 2022 Steel Market Update

At Boyd Metals, we continuously evaluate the market and consider what is constantly changing in an ever-developing market.

The Real Work Life of Processing Manager Anthony Wolsey

Here at Boyd Metals, we have many outstanding employees. It's the primary reason we continue to be successful and remain...

The Boyd Difference: Careers in the Metal Services Industry

At Boyd Metals, we deliver service a cut above our competition. That's why our employees have to be a cut above. We're always...

Laser Cutting Machine: One of our Many Metal Processing Services

We never stop updating our in-house metal processing services. Our metal service centers offer a large range of first-step metal...

Steel Market Update: Q3 2021 Outlook

In April, we outlined several market dynamics impacting availability and pricing for steel products. Little has changed in the...

Boyd Metals Facility Tour

Interested in getting a behind-the-scenes look at one of our facilities? Check out our latest video to get an insider's view of...

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Steel Market Update: Q2 2021 Outlook

As we write this, almost every industry in the country is feeling the effects of supply “constraints” – a tight squeeze on the...

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How Plasma Cutting Benefits Fabrication Projects

When it comes to sheet metal fabrication, the recent advances in plasma cutting technology are changing the impact that plasma...

A Modern Metals Feature: Boyd Metals Prepares for the Future

"Before anything else, preparation is the key to success."- Alexander Graham Bell

While no one can predict the future, if history...

What's the Difference Between Carbon and Stainless Steel?

If you don't know the difference between carbon and stainless steel, you're not alone. In fact, it's one of the most common...

State of Steel: 2021 Market Update

2020 has been a year like no other. As we write this, the coronavirus pandemic is affecting all areas of the economy and the ...

Metal Perspectives: An Interview With Justin Thomas

Ever wonder what drives Boyd Metals' continued success as a metal service center? Well, we recently caught up with one of Boyd...

Industry in the Information Age: The Future of Metal Service Centers

As we dive deeper into the digital age, many of us are wondering what the future of metal service centers will look like. From...

Stronger Than Steel: Boyd Metals' Company Traditions

At Boyd Metals, we believe in the value of hard work. We know what we put in is what we're going to get out. It's one of the...

Investing In The Future: Millennials, Gen Z, & the Metal Industry

As many of us know, change is one of life's few guarantees. This is becoming more apparent than ever in the metals industry as we...

3 Resources From Boyd Metals to Get the Job Done Right

At Boyd Metals, we are unique in the way that we do business. We care about our customers and pride ourselves on going above and...

Everything You Need to Know About: Press Brakes

As one of the more traditional methods for processing metal materials, the press brake, also commonly known as a brake press, has...

Everything You Need to Know About: Laser Cutting

In today’s metal industry, not many fabrication processes can hold a candle to laser cutting. That's because laser cutting...

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Everything You Need To Know About: Tubes & Pipes

Often thought of as interchangeable materials, tubes and pipes are actually quite different. In fact, their differences are...

The Boyd Difference: Success Begins With Company Culture

"There is no magic formula for great company culture. The key is just to treat your staff how you would like to be treated." ...

Market Update: 2020 State of the Industry

Forecasting the economic future is certainly an inexact science. Yet, as we close out 2019 and look to the new year which is fast...

An Interview with Collin Ogilvie: Corporate Buyer at Boyd Metals

Recently we caught up with Collin Ogilvie, a rising star in Boyd's corporate department, to talk about his work as a corporate...

Everything You Need to Know About: PVF

In the metals service industry, PVF stands for pipe, valves, and fittings. When put together, pipes, valves, and fittings are...

Everything You Need to Know About: Sawing & Shearing

If you’re a metal worker, then you're no stranger to sawing and shearing. As two of the most common fabrication processes in the...

Stronger than Steel: The Importance of Having Company Traditions

There are several reasons to continue company traditions monthly or annually. It encourages your employees to build bonds outside...

Everything You Need to Know About: Oxy-fuel Plate Cutting

If you’re a metal worker, then you're no stranger to the process of oxy-fuel cutting. Used in both heavy industry and light...

4 Ways to Get the Most out of Your Bids

Much thought, intricacy, and strategy is required to craft the ideal bid for your clients. And when bidding is the name of the...

Boyd Metals: Find the Metals You Need

If there is one thing we pride ourselves on here at Boyd Metals, it is our commitment to providing our customers with the best...

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Just-In-Time Delivery: What You Need, When You Need It

Since our company's inception in 1991, Boyd Metals has been devoted to making our customers number one. This means we are not...

The Power Of Supporting Your People

Here’s a sad truth: We live in a recognition-deprived world of business. If you think we’re wrong, ask yourself, how often do you...

Boyd Metals Unveils Guiding Principles

The senior management team at Boyd Metals recently embarked upon a journey to determine and document exactly what we as a company...

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