CB Fabricating Competitors

Industrial Metal Supply Company (IMS) is a full line metal distributor serving the needs of metal users throughout California and Arizona since 1948. Now over seventy years old, IMS is renowned for an extensive inventory, robust production capabilities and exceptional customer service. Our product line includes a long list of metals in various alloys, shapes, and sizes; specialty and decorative metals; as well as a large selection of metalworking tools and supplies. In addition to the extensive online selection, IMS services its customers from seven locations, open six days a week. Each location offers a Will-Call center and a store which allows the company to offer same day service, along with a fleet of 40 trucks providing next day delivery. Our customers consistently tell us that the personal, responsive service and presentation IMS offers is unlike any other in the metal business, and it’s what keeps them coming back year after year. Every IMS employee has a single focus and that is to save our customers time — it’s the most valuable asset we can give them, so we do, everyday.

Altecnic is the UK’s leading supplier of quality plumbing equipment, committed to offering a wide choice of innovative, accredited products. Part of the global Caleffi organisation, Altecnic is a carbon neutral company, providing an extensive range of everyday and specialist items made to the highest international standards. Through collaboration with engineers, merchants and blue-chip manufacturers, Altecnic continues to invest in bringing new products and services to market.

The Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA) is a professional organization with more than 2,500 individual and company members working together to improve the metal fabricating industry. Membership spans the United States, Canada and Mexico, and reaches into more than 13 other countries. FMA brings metal fabricators and equipment manufacturers together through technology councils, educational programs, networking events, and FABTECH®, the industry's leading trade show. The official publications of FMA include - The Fabricator®, The Tube and Pipe Journal®, The Welder®, The Fabricator® en Español, Canadian Metalworking, and Canadian Fabricating & Welding. FMA also has two technology affiliates, the Tube and Pipe Association, (TPA) which focuses on the unique needs of members involved in production and fabrication of welded and seamless pipe and tube and the Association of Metal Processors and Distributors (AMPD) which serves professionals in the steel distribution industry. FMA’s charitable foundation, SparkForce (formerly known as Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs®), provides grants to community and technical colleges to produce manufacturing summer camps for youth ages 12-16 to introduce them to manufacturing career options. The foundation provides scholarships for qualified students in post-secondary educational programs leading to careers in manufacturing as well. FMA is also a co-founder of Manufacturing Day, a national movement dedicated to addressing common misconceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors in a coordinated effort to showcase modern manufacturing.