Light Gauge Cold Rolled Steel for Construction

Introduction

Many Cold Rolled Steel producers have been established primarily to produce non-load-bearing members for the commercial sector. Undoubtedly these Corporations would like to expand their operations into the area of load-bearing members, however lack of experience, inherent inertia and the established marketing structure restricts the redevelopment.

Established distributors, for example service drywall contractors, who fabricate non-load bearing steel panels on site.  Load bearing wall panels and roof trusses, on the other hand, are generally  produced in a manufacturing facility and purchases of these components are made direct from the section producer, eliminating the distributer.

Meanwhile the developing market for load-bearing cold rolled steel in the residential and the light commercial construction field continues to grow.

The following factors drive demand:

With a moderate investment, significant returns can be generated, and more importantly, the overall concept could be duplicated and applied to a very large and growing market.