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Future Metals Opens New Service Center in Europe
BUTLER, Pennsylvania, August 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Future Metals, Inc. of Tamarac, Florida, an affiliate of Marmon/Keystone Corporation, has announced the opening of a warehousing facility in Schelluinen, The Netherlands. The new location is conveniently located 50 miles south of Amsterdam and 20 miles east of Rotterdam. The newly constructed 15,000-sq. ft. facility replaces a smaller, 5,000-sq. ft. warehouse and will stock a full range of aerospace grades of stainless steel, aluminum, titanium, aluminum-nickel-bronze and high temperature alloys in tubing, sheet, bar and extrusions. Aart Van der Griend, division manager, will have full responsibility for the new facility. According to Luis Benitez, Future Metals president, "The tremendous growth of the aerospace industry on the European Continent and other regions serviced from The Netherlands led us to expanding our facilities, services, and product lines to better serve our customers." The new location's marketing base will include not only Europe, but also Scandinavia, North Africa, and the Near and Middle East regions. Future Metals is a major distributor of aircraft grade tubing, extrusions, rolled form shapes and other raw materials. In addition to its facility in The Netherlands, the company serves the aerospace industry from branch locations in Cerritos, California; Commack, New York; Arlington, Texas; Pacific, Washington; and Hampshire, England. Marmon/Keystone Corporation, a leading wholesale distributor of tubular products, celebrates 100 years in business in 2007. The company inventories more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless steel, and aluminum tubular and bar products. Service centers and sales offices are located throughout North America, with corporate headquarters in Butler, Pennsylvania. Marmon/Keystone, Future Metals, and affiliated companies are members of The Marmon Group, an international association of more than 125 business units that operate independently within diverse business sectors. Member companies have collective revenues of US$7 billion. http://www.futuremetals.com http://www.marmonkeystone.com Web site: http://www.futuremetals.com http://www.marmonkeystone.com
