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JFE Shoji America Acquires Steel Framing Company CEMCO

Written by Laura Miller

August 19, 2022

Los Angeles-based JFE Shoji America Holdings Inc. is expanding its steel products business in the US with the acquisition of steel framing company California Expanded Metal Products Co. (CEMCO).

Headquartered in Industry, Calif., family-owned CEMCO operates four manufacturing and distribution facilities in Industry; Pittsburg, Calif.; Denver, Colo.; and Fort Worth, Texas. It produces more than 300 million lineal feet of steel framing and building products per year, serving the healthcare, office, retail, education, municipal, and transportation industries. Its product portfolio includes structural and non-structural light-gauge steel framing products, metal lath, proprietary fire-air-sound products, building accessories, and solar structural steel framing.

Once the transaction closes in September, CEMCO’s facilities will continue to operate as usual with its same management structure.

“The transaction is a great outcome for our customers, vendors, employees, and business partners. We will be able to take our great service model forward as it is today. JFE Shoji Group’s capital, supply chain, and industrial operations resources will be a great benefit to CEMCO. We are really excited to leverage JFE Shoji’s capabilities,” CEMCO president Tom Porter said.

Tokyo-based JFE Shoji Corp. focuses on upstream to downstream steel-related businesses in Japan, the Americas, China, and ASEAN markets. Its North American offices are located in Los Angeles, Houston, and Mexico City.

By Laura Miller, Laura@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Laura Miller

Laura Miller is a reporter and editor for Steel Market Update. She has held a variety of positions within the steel industry since 2007, including reporting and editing for Steel Business Briefing/Platts, the Association for Iron and Steel Technology, and Kallanish Commodities, as well as marketing for what was then known as ThyssenKrupp Steel USA (now AM/NS Calvert). After a five-year hiatus working across other industries, she returned to steel in 2021 and has covered the flat rolled, tubular, and trade areas of the industry. 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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