Service Centers
June 25, 2017
ASD Now Part of FMA
Written by Tim Triplett
The Association of Steel Distributors is now a technical affiliate of the Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International, Elgin, Ill. ASD functioned as an independent, nonprofit service center trade group for 75 years, but changing market conditions and flagging membership forced the association to ally with a larger organization to ensure its continued survival.
“This is a very big, transitional day for ASD,” said Andy Gross, owner of Alliance Steel, Bedford Park, Ill., and current ASD president, announcing the deal with FMA during ASD’s regional dinner Thursday in Chicago.
