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Alro Steel ...................................................14.2 thru 14.7General Overview ................................................14.2Metals Product Line ............................................14.3Metal Shapes ......................................................14.4Alro.com Website ................................................14.5Metals Processing ............................... 14.6 thru 14.7
Alro Industrial Supplies ..........................14.8 thru 14.14General Overview ...............................................14.8Manufacturer Listing ............................................14.9Product Listing .................................14.10 thru 14.11Value Added Services .......................................14.12Tool Management Solutions .............................14.13
Alro Metals Outlet .................................14.14 thru 14.15General Overview .............................................14.14Metals Outlet Locations .....................................14.15
Alro Locations .........................................................14.16
Alro Steel Corporation
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Alro SteelMetals Industrial Supplies Plastics
Integrity. Loyalty. Honesty. These principals have guided Alro Steel since our founding in 1948 by brothers, Al and Robert Glick. From a small garage in Jackson, Michigan, Alro Steel has grown to over 60 locations in 12 states. Alro distributes metals, plastics and industrial supplies. A wide variety of processing services are available including cut-to-size metals and plastics with next day delivery to over 25,000 customers in North America.
Focused on exceeding our customers' expectations, we build relationships with all our customers, large and small. To learn more, visit alro.com.
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Alro SteelAlro Metals
Alro Industrial SupplyAlro Plastics
Alro Metals OutletAlro Online Store
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MetalsAlloy SteelCold Finished BarHot Rolled Bar
Ground & Polished BarPipe
TubePlate
AluminumExtruded Rod & BarCold Finished BarPipe / Tube
SheetPlateMold Plate
StructuralGratingCustom Shapes
BrassRodBar
SheetPlate
Custom Shapes
BronzeBarHollow Bar
Plate Custom Shapes
Carbon SteelChrome Plated BarCold Finished BarHot Rolled BarReinforcing Bar
PipeTubeSheetPlate
StructuralGratingExpanded MetalCustom Shapes
Cast IronDura-Bar® Gray BarDura-Bar® Gray Plate
Dura-Bar® Ductile Bar
CopperRodBar
Sheet Plate
Stainless SteelBarPipe / Tube
Sheet / PlateStructural
GratingExpanded Metal
Tool SteelDecarb Free BarDrill Rod
PlateFlat Ground
Super Square
MiscellaneousThreaded RodPerforated SheetBale Ties
Flat MeshMesh Roll
Key StockStrapping
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Metal Shapes
Squares
Angles
Round Tube& Pipe
Rounds / Rods
Beams
Rectangular& Square Tube
Hex Rod
Channels
Sheet Metal& Plate
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Visit the new and improved Alro.com website for the most up to date in-formation about Alro Steel. Check out our Metals, Plastics and Industrial Supplies as well as our 60+ locations. Learn about our history beginning in 1948 up to the present day. The new and improved Alro.com website is your source for everything Alro.
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Metals Processsing
Production / Precision SawingSaw Cutting
Plasma CuttingAluminum Plate Sawing
Plate Laser CuttingTube Laser Cutting
Alro has a fully integrated CAD Departmentto handle most file types:
Preferred Files: .DXF .DWG .IGES
Also Accepted:asm prt dft par psm pwd step X_B X_T prt satmodel iam stp ipt dgn asm prt sldasm sldprt stl
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Metals Processing
Aluminum Mold Plate SawingWaterjet Cutting
ShearingPrecision Milling
Thermal ProcessingPlate Grinding
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Alro Industrial SupplyYour Source for Cutting Tools,
Abrasives & Die Supplies
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For a full-line Industrial Supplies Catalog,contact Alro Industrial Supply at:
(800) 877-2576or
e-mail: [email protected]
With an emphasis on cutting tools, die supplies and abrasives, Alro represents the most upstanding vendors in the industry. Our large inventory allows us to process your orders the same day. Contact Alro and let our knowledgeable salespeople provide you with quality products at competitive prices.
Alro Industrial Supply has provided a full spectrum of the highest quality industrial supplies since 1964.
Cutting Tools Abrasives Coolants
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Manufacturer ListingAll American Allen Alvord-Polk Amada Applied Mechanics (Amcor) Anchor/DanlyAnchor/Lamina Armstrong Balax Big KaiserBeechem Bondhus BoriteBradyCampbellCarbide Tool Service Challenge Channellock ChickCircleCoilhoseCortec Craftsman CratexCRCCrewsDake Dayton Progress Desmond De-Sta-CoDorianDormerDrill Master Enerpac EricksonE-Z BurrFlorida PneumaticFlotecFlukeFullertonGayleeGuhringHainbuch-WelgeHannibalHarvey ToolHassay-Savage
Helicoil Hemco Holo-KromeHorizon CarbideHorn USAInternal ToolIntertapeIscarITW/Devcon/PermatexITW/Dykem JacobsJet JolicoKD Tools K-ToolKaiser ThinBitKallerKeoKimberly ClarkKitagawaKlein ToolsKometKrylonKurt Mfg.KyoceraLaminaLempcoLenoxLift-AllLovejoyLS StarrettLyndexLyonMA FordManchesterMaster ChemicalMerit AbrasivesMeyer GageMicrocentricMilwaukee ElectricMitee-BiteMitutoyoModernMSI-PRONiagara CutterNicholson
North American Tool NortonOil DriOnsrud Osborn ParlecPermatex Precision Brand ProductsPrecision Marshall Precision Twist DrillPferdPrecision MarshallPrecorpPrototypQuality ChaserRexcut Royal ProductsSandvik (Florida Only) SecoSelf-LubeSeverance Tool SGSSia AbrasivesSioux ToolsSMW-AutoblockSPC Sprayon Standard AbrasivesSuperior AbrasivesTapmaticTechniksTe-CoTitexTitan USAUnbrakoUnion Butterfield Valenite Val Cool Vardex VSM AbrasivesWalter Surface TechnologiesWalterWiha Wilton Widia YG-1
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Product Listing
Boring • Big Kaiser• Circle• Horn USA • Internal Tool• Kaiser ThinBit• Komet • Rigibore• Sandvik (Florida Only)
• Seco • Walter USA
Broaching • Hassay Savage
Coolants• Master Chemical• Maintenance Oils• Val Cool
Cut Off / Grooving • Horn USA • Iscar• Sandvik (Florida Only)
• Seco• Manchester• Kaiser ThinBit• Vardex • Walter
Deburring • E-Z Burr• Master Power Air Tools• Nicholson• Osborn• Pferd• Royal Products• Severance Tool• SGS
Drilling (Indexable+Spade) • Guhring• Iscar• Komet• Kyocera • Precorp• Sandvik (Florida Only)
• Seco • Walter USA • YG-1
Drilling (Solid) • Drill Master• Fullerton• Guhring• Keo • MA Ford• Precision Dormer• SGS• Titan USA • Titex
Fixturing• De-Sta-Co• Enerpac• Mitee-Bite• Te-co
Milling (Indexable) • Komet• K-Tool• Iscar• Sandvik (Florida Only)• Seco • Valenite • Walter USA • Widia
Milling (Solid) • Fullerton• Hanita• Harvey Tool• MA Ford• Niagara Cutter• Onsrud Cutter• SGS
Reaming• Alvord-Polk • Fullerton• Hannibal• Precision Dormer• Titan USA • Twenty First Century
Tapping • Balax • Dormer• North American Tool• Prototyp • Quality Chaser• Titan USA • UnionButterfield• YG-1
Cutting ToolsThreading
• Advent• Dorian• Horn USA • Manchester• Seco • Titan USA • Vardex
Toolholding• Dorian• Erickson• Jacobs • Lyndex • Parlec• Royal Products• Seco• Tapmatic• Techniks• YG-1
Saw Cutting• Amada • Lenox
Turning • Horn USA • Kyocera • Iscar• Precision Marshall• Sandvik (Florida Only)
• Seco • Valenite • Versa-Turn• Walter USA • Widia
Workholding• Chick• Enerpac• Hainbuch-Welge• Kitagawa • Kurt Mfg• Microcentric• SMW-AutoBlock • Teco• Wilton
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Product ListingAbrasives
Dressing • Desmond• Norton• Winter
Finishing / Polishing • Cratex• Florida Pneumatic• Master Power Air Tools• MSI-PRO • Norton• Osborn• Pferd• Sia Abrasives • Sioux Tool• Standard Abrasives• Superior Abrasives• VSM Abrasives
Grinding • Modern• Norton• Rexcut • Winter
Sanding • Norton• Pferd• Standard Abrasives• Superior Abrasives• VSM Abrasives • Walter Surface
Technologies
Die Components • Anchor/Danly• Applied Mechanics (Amcor)
• Jolico • Lamina• Lempco• Self-Lube
Die Sets• Danly• Lempco
Fasteners • Holo-Krome• Stafford Manufacturing• Unbrako
Layout Fluids • Dykem
Nitro Cylinders • Kaller• Standfast
Punches • Dayton• Moeller
Shim Stock • Precision Brand
Springs • Anchor/Lamina• Dayton • Lempco
Die Supplies
Gaging• Hemco• Meyer• Mitutoyo• North American Tool• Vermont• LS Starrett
Machinery• Amada• Dake • Jet • Master Chemical• Wilton
Maintenance• Allen• Armstrong
• Bondhus• Brady• Channellock• Coilhose• Cooper Tool• Cortec• Craftsman • CRC• Crews• Flotec• Fluke• Helicoil• K D Tools• Kimberly Clark• Krylon• Klein Tools• Milwaukee Electric• Oil Dri• Permatex• Pferd• SPC• Wiha
Material Handling
• Campbell• American Drill Bushing• Lift-All
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Gage Calibration - Send your gages to Alro and we will have them calibrated,certifiedandbacktoyouinshortorder.
Sling Inspection/Certification - Alro works with factory personnel to inspect and certify your chain and wire rope slings, then certify them to meet all OSHA requirements.
Band Saw Preventative Maintenance & Repair - Purchase saw blades from Alro and we will work out a program to maintain and repair your saws.
Band Saw Blade Welding - Alro has band saw blade welding capacity on site to quickly respond to the exact style and length of blade you need.
Cutting Tool Resharpening - Reduce your internal handling costs by letting Alro send out your tools to be resharpened.
Tool Repair - Let Alro work out the right program for you in repairing your indexable cutter bodies.
Tool Testing - Alro’s team of technical specialists will make tool recom-mendations then run tests to prove productivity increases. Let Alro manage your cost reductions and productivity maximization.
Technical Factory Support - Alro offers factory technical support from the manufacturers we represent. Call on Alro for your complicated or special tool applications.
Cost Savings Analysis and Documentation - Alro will document the overall productivity cost savings that are achieved by applying the right tool in the right application.
Training - Alro offers customer in-plant training as well as seminars at Alro orthetoolmanufacturer’sfacility.Ifyouroperatorsneedtraininginspecificmachining applications, we will design a program right for you.
Value Added ServicesAlrospecializesinprovidingflexibleservicestailoredtotheneedsofourcustomers. Let us know about anything that we can do to satisfy your needs and we will gladly work out a customized program. Some Value Added services that Alro offers include:
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• SmartCell stations are placed in eachcustomer’s manufacturing cell.
• Cellularbasedstationsareconfigurablefrom 1-255 secure drawers.
• Tooling inventory is organized and loadedinto SmartCell’s secure drawers.
Secure Tools
SmartCellTM
SmartCellTM is the latest technology innovation from Alro Industrial Supply which provides tooling security, tracking and auto-replenishment at the point of use or within a crib environment. Smart-CellTM was designed to directly support cellular manufacturing and can drastically reduce your tooling usage and replenishment costs. Here's how:
Tool Management Solutions
• Cell operators log the tooling they wish toremove using the simple touch-screennavigation. The proper drawer automaticallyunlocks and opens for easy tool dispensing.
• Inventory levels are automatically adjusted as tooling is removed.
Dispense Tools
• SmartCell stations automatically uploadreplenishment needs to the master crib ordirectly to Alro.
• Receiving and putting away product issimple using our auto-receive feature.
• 24 hour cell monitoring and alerting is avail- able through SmartCell’s Guardian software.
Auto-Replenish
Track UsageTrack inventory usage with SmartCell's robust reporting. Reports include:
• Usage by Cell• Usage by Employee• Usage by Part• Usage by Job
• Tool performance• Usage by exception• Job costing, etc...
SmartCellTM Benefits & Advantages• Reduced Premium Freight Charges• Reduced Obsolete Tool Inventory• Inventory Carrying Cost Reduction• Monthly Summary Invoicing• Transaction Cost Reduction• Tool Consumption Reduction• Reduced Walk & Wait Time• Productivity Enhancements
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Alro Metals OutletAlro Metals Outlet stores are a new concept in metals, plastics and indsutrial dis-tribution. We have taken the inventory availability of a standard service center and combined it with the convenience of a retail outlet.
Alro Metals Outlet specializes in drops and standard length materi-als in a variety of metals, plastics and hardware supplies. Alro Metals Outlet is proud to offer several prod-uct grades to meet your individual needs. We stock the smaller drops of rounds and rectangle bars, struc-tural shapes (beams, channels and angles), sheet and plate.
In addition to drops, we offer standard sizes of bar, sheet and plate to meet your manufacturingspecifications.Wealsoinventoryavarietyofindustrialhardwaresupplies. If your metal needs exceed your transportation capabilities, a delivery service is available providing you delivery.
Our Retail Outlet setting is ideal for:
• Industrial Manufacturers• Machine Shops• Sheet Metal Shops• Welders• Marine/Boating Shops• Building Contractors• Maintenance Shops• Industrial Contractors• Prototype R&D Shops• Model Builders• Hobbyists
• Cold Finished Bar• Hot Rolled Bar• Structural Shapes• Re-Rod and Mesh• Aluminum Products• Expanded Metals• Stainless Steel Products
Our inventory includes stock lengths & cut-to-size pieces of the following items:
• Pipe and Tubing• Plastic Sheet and Plate• Variety of Plastics• Fiberglass Grating• Cut Offs and Drops• Hardware Supplies
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Alro Metals Outlet Retail Locations
Clearwater, FL12490 49th Street N.Clearwater, FL 33762Ph: (727) 572-4344Fx: (727) 572-6812
Jacksonville, FL5875 Highway Ave #2Jacksonville, FL 32254Ph: (904) 693-2893Fx: (904) 693-2876
Miami, FL6329 NW 74th AveMiami, FL 33166Ph: (305) 392-9990Fx: (305) 392-9991
Orlando, FL1101 Oak LaneWinter Springs, FL 32708Ph: (407) 339-2576Fx: (407) 339-7532
Pompano Beach, FL1631 S. Dixie Hwy, "A"Pompano Beach, FL 33060 Ph: (954) 545-9755Fx: (954) 545-9756
Sarasota, FL1695 12th StreetSarasota, FL 34236Ph: (941) 952-1918Fx: (941) 952-0267
Ann Arbor, MI2466 S. Industrial HwyAnn Arbor, MI 48104Ph: (734) 213-2727Fx: (734) 747-7139
Jackson, MI409 Wisner StreetJackson, MI 49202Ph: (517) 788-3190Fx: (517) 788-3192
Kalamazoo, MI5137 Wynn RoadKalamazoo, MI 49003Ph: (616) 343-9575Fx: (616) 343-0480
Lansing, MI4832 Saginaw HwyLansing, MI 48917Ph: (517) 321-3773Fx: (517) 321-3770
Warren, MI26200 Groesbeck HwyWarren, MI 48089Ph: (586) 498-9999Fx: (586) 771-0685
Alro Metals Plus Retail Outlet - Orlando, FL
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Elk Grove, IL565 Busse RoadElk Grove Village, IL 6007Ph: (847) 640-1111Fx: (847) 640-1292
Greensboro, NC110 Industrial AveGreensboro, NC 27406Ph: (336) 691-8113Fx: (336) 691-8114
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Alro Locations
Chicago, ILClearwater, FL
Grand Rapids, MIJackson, MI
Kalamazoo, MI
Alro Industrial Supply
Chicago, ILClearwater, FL
Grand Rapids, MIJackson, MI
Livonia, MILouisville, KY
Alro Plastics
Ann Arbor, MIClearwater, FLElk Grove, ILGreensboro, NCJackson, MI
Jacksonville, FLKalamazoo, MILansing, MIMiami, FL
Orlando, FLPompano Beach, FLSarasota, FLWarren, MI
Alro Metals Outlet
Alro SteelCharlotte, NCChicago, ILClare, MIColumbus, OHDayton, OHDetroit, MIFlint, MIFort Wayne, INGrand Rapids, MIGrayling, MI
Akron, OHAlpena, MIAurora, ILBattle Creek, MIBay City, MIBoca Raton, FLBolingbrook, ILBuffalo, NYCadillac, MICharlotte, MI
Greensboro, NCIndianapolis, INJackson, MILansing, MILivonia, MILouisville, KYMilwaukee, WIMuncie, IN Niles, MIOrlando, FL
Oshkosh, WIPhiladelphia, PAPittsburgh, PAPotterville, MISt. Louis, MOTampa, FLToledo, OHTulsa, OKUniversity Park, ILYork, PA