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Sept. 19, 2012
MidWest Materials Co-Founder Koppelman Dies
MidWest Materials chairman and co-founder Joseph Koppelman died Sept. 9 at age 94. Koppelman founded the business as a one-room operation in Cleveland in 1952. In 1970, he consolidated operations in Perry, Ohio, where the company now operates in a 240,000-square-foot facility. It has developed into one of the 100 largest service centers in the United States.
Koppelman was one of the earliest members of the Association of Steel Distributors, serving as its president from 1968-1969. He was honored by ASD as its Steel Man of the Year in 1962.
Koppelman turned over control of his business to his daughter, Noreen Koppelman Goldstein, in 1995. Today, the business is run by his grandson, Brian Robbins, who became CEO in 2002. A second grandson, Bradley Robbins, returned as a vice president of the company in 2011.
“With the passing of Joseph Koppelman, my mother, brother and I have not only lost a father and grandfather, but someone who instilled in us the values that will guide our families and company for generations to come,” said Brian Robbins.
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