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Recently we caught up with Collin Ogilvie, a rising star in Boyd's corporate department, to talk about his work as a corporate buyer and what he enjoys most about working at Boyd Metals.

Read on to see what he believes sets Boyd Metals apart in the metals service industry. From Boyd's company culture and core values to its senior leadership and employee appreciation, learn what drives Boyd's continued success and standard of excellence. 

In the metals service industry, PVF stands for pipe, valves, and fittings. When put together, pipes, valves, and fittings are the components that allow substances to flow from one place to another.

From the water we drink to the gas we use to fill up our cars, PVF plays an essential role in our everyday life. Depending on the application, pipes, valves, and fittings come in a variety of different shapes and sizes and are made from a number of different metals and non-metals.

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 metals industry, sawing and shearing deliver consistent, accurate cuts on a large scale across numerous industries.

There are several reasons to continue company traditions monthly or annually. It encourages your employees to build bonds outside the workplace and gives them a chance to showcase parts of their personality that may not come out in a business setting.

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 industrial and repair operations, oxy-fuel cutting is a process that has been around for decades.

Much thought, intricacy, and strategy is required to craft the ideal bid for your clients. And when bidding is the name of the game, it’s important that you are getting the most out of each one. What are some of the best ways to capitalize and create a larger profit margin on them? These four ways to improve your bids work with many areas of construction, including metal materials.

In the vast and varying world of metals, there are three metals that stand out amongst the crowd thanks to their unique reddish hues. These metals are known as the "red metals" and make up some of the most commonly used metals in the world: copper, brass, and bronze. 

If there is one thing we pride ourselves on here at Boyd Metals, it is our commitment to providing our customers with the best overall service and value in the metals service industry. Of course this means being able to provide our customers with exactly what they need to get their projects done. 

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 back of the fridge? 

You would probably have a good laugh, right? Well, jump back a couple hundred years to the early nineteenth-century, and the aluminum contained in that soda can of yours was once considered one of the most precious metals in the world (yes, even more so than gold)! 

Since our company's inception in 1991, Boyd Metals has been devoted to making our customers number one. This means we are not only devoted to providing our customers with world-class service, but go above and beyond to deliver the quality products and competitive pricing our customers need, exactly when they need it.