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SEI MetalForms history
SEI MetalForms company history timeline
During the 1849 California Gold Rush, A roofer from New York, Peter Naylor, advertised “portable iron houses for California.” The advertisement stated that the iron was grooved so all parts could slide together.
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), originally founded in 1855 as the American Iron Association, saw the need for a design standard for cold-formed steel in construction.
Patented in 1894 by Augustine Sackett, the original gypsum board was brittle, rough, combustible, and did not have a smooth layer for finish.
In 1910, the company produced forms used to build hundreds of concrete homes inspired by the famous inventor, Thomas Edison.
In 1919, “METAFORMS®” becomes a registered trademark.
One example is the Virginia Baptist Hospital, built around 1925 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
By mid-1932, he had developed his plan, and founded General House, Inc.
According to Fortune magazine (April 1933,) Fisher approached the Pullman Car Corporation and said, “You have had more experience with prefabricated housing in metal than any other manufacturer.
Also during the 1933 Chicago Worlds Fair, Armco Steel Corporation introduced the first standing seam metal roofing panel.
Manufactured the steel forms used in 1936 to build the unusual and innovative “dendriform” concrete columns designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the headquarters of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, WI.
In February of 1939, AISI’s Committee on Building Codes sponsored a research project at Cornell University, to develop information specifically for a design specification.
In 1945, there were still post-war restrictions on the use of steel, so Strandlund traveled to Washington to see if he could receive an exemption.
He developed his business plan, and began taking orders for homes in 1946.
By 1955, half of all new homes were built using gypsum wallboard, and the other half was built using gypsum lath and plaster.
George Winter, often referred to as “the father of cold-formed steel,” led this effort at Cornell, and continued cold-formed steel research there until his retirement in 1975.
MFC earns the honor of being a “Half-Century Exhibitor” at the 1975 CONEXPO.
USG Corportation. “Gypsum Construction Handbook, 2nd Edition.” 1982, United States Gypsum.
To help provide design guidance, technical information, and user-friendly information to engineers, the Light Gauge Steel Engineers Association (LGSEA) was formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1994.
Introduced an innovative concrete forming system Poly Meta Forms® in 2000 featuring lightweight plastic forms.
Metal Building Manufacturers Association. “50th Anniversary Collectors Edition: a Supplement to Metal Construction News and Metal Architecture.” July, 2006.
Purchased Sterling Handling Equipment in 2008, another Milwaukee manufacturer with over 100 years of history, featuring Sterling “Tough Guy”® wheelbarrows.
Fresh Facade in 2017 - Metal Forms Corporation Undergoes A Facelift!
MFC Enters the Precast Barrier Form Market in 2018
Press Release! • March 30, 2021 Harry W. (Hank) Martin Recognized for Public Safety Leadership by National Institute of Building Sciences
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