TW Metals, a full-line specialty metals distributor, will break ground March 9 on an addition for a new material handling system at its Carol Stream, Ill., facility. The system is designed and will be built by Swiss-based warehouse logistics firm Fehr Inc.

After two years of pandemic-dampened conditions, the commercial aerospace market has regained its pre-COVID strength. (Photo courtesy Boeing)

Although the aerospace industry is recovering from the pandemic, it will take a while before the industry goes full throttle.

A promising year for the industrial economy was turned on its head by the biggest public health crisis the globe has seen in more than a century.

Of all the casualties of the novel coronavirus pandemic, commercial aerospace might be the hardest-hit sector of the industrial economy.

TW Metals, Exton, Pa., has appointed Bill Schmid as vice president, supply chain and product development among several leadership changes. With the change, TW Metals will divide its North Region into two regions – the Midwest Region and the Northeast Region.

President and COO Holman Head will retire from O’Neal Industries at the end of the month. Head has spent 40 years with the Birmingham, Ala.-based company.

TW Metals has completed its new 64,000-square-foot facility in Agawam, Mass. The new location is approximately two miles from the original facility, which was built in 1990.

GlobalTranz Enterprises LLC, a third-party logistics solutions provider offering technology, customer service and extensive multimodal carrier relationships, has added TW Metals as GlobalTranz Supply Chain Solutions’ newest customer. GlobalTranz will provide technology-enabled, strategic network optimization and managed transportation services.

The grounding of Boeing 737 is just one of the challenges facing the otherwise strong aircraft industry.

TW Metals has hired Christine Thatcher as vice president of human resources. She has more than 20 years of experience in the field with national and international organizations.

Rob Belcher has been hired by Exton, Pa.-based TW Metals as the vice president of operations. He has more than 13 years of experience in distribution and manufacturing. Prior to that, he had 14 years of experience in military leadership.

Activity in the commercial aerospace market picked up in 2018, as destocking moderated. More of the same is anticipated next year.

Aluminum makers and distributors agree on one thing: business is booming. Strong markets, higher prices and positive trade actions have propelled the market through the first half of 2018, and many in the industry feel the good times are here to stay.

TW Metals has acquired Locate Supplies Ltd., a metals and plastic distributor headquartered in Scunthorpe, UK. The acquisition was made by the company’s UK subsidiary, TW Metals Ltd.

The latest hires, promotions and retirements in the metals supply chain.

Of all the metals sector participants enthused by the 2016 election of Donald Trump to the presidency, few had more reason for optimism than suppliers to the defense industry. Throughout the campaign, and into the first months of his administration, Trump has repeatedly championed the nation’s defense, and the need to support it.

Of all the metals sector participants enthused by the 2016 election of Donald Trump to the presidency, few had more reason for optimism than suppliers to the defense industry. Throughout the campaign, and into the first months of his administration, Trump has repeatedly championed the nation’s defense, and the need to support it.