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The Snow and Ice Shield: Metal Building Protection in Wintry Weather

As temperatures drop and people everywhere prepare for frigid conditions, consider one of your building’s top tools of the season: The snow and ice shield. Unlike the gloves, shovels and snow blowers you likely stock up on as winter approaches, ice shields do the heavy lifting for you. In other words, they protect your metal buildings while you continue on with your day-to-day activities. What is an ice shield, and why is it such an important addition to your metal building? We’re glad you asked. The Metallic Products team has pulled together some information to help explain the ins and outs.
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Know Your Upblast Exhaust Fans: Direct Drive Vs. Belt Drive

Upblast exhaust fans play an important role in creating safer, healthier indoor environments by pulling water vapor, fumes and warm air out of your company’s metal buildings. Even so, not every upblast exhaust fan is the same. At Metallic Products, we offer two basic upblast fan options — a direct drive version, and a belt drive version. While both perform the same basic function, they do so in slightly different ways.
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Metallic Products Takes to North Carolina for MetalCon 2018

At Metallic Products, our team loves hitting the road each year for the MetalCon trade show. We view the annual event as an opportunity to check out the latest technologies, catch up with our friends in the metal industry — and show off the products we work so hard to create. Mid-October’s 2018 show took our crew to NASCAR’s hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The Often-Overlooked Benefits of Metal Buildings

Metal buildings and warehouses were first constructed for the oilfield and agricultural industries, primarily to provide shade and shelter. With benefits such as quick construction and durable builds, others took note — and the structures gained in popularity.
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Breathe Life into Your Building with a Cupola

It’s featured in architecture around the world, it sits atop some of history’s most famous buildings — and now it could have a home on your steel building. The cupola is a wonderful way to add a unique decorative touch to your metal structure.
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New Program Honors Metallic Products Employees for Outstanding Service

For more than 50 years, Metallic Products has taken pride in providing quality metal building accessories — and top-notch customer service — to the clients we serve. We know none of what we do would be possible without our amazing employees. Because we are big believers in giving credit where credit is due, our company recently implemented a legacy program to honor the incredible people on our team.
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Three Ways A Lighted Personnel Door Canopy Can Improve Safety

Have you heard the news about Metallic Products’ personnel door canopy? We took our popular canopies and made them even better with the addition of LED lights. Already a top pick for the best protection from extreme weather, now our lighted personnel door canopies can provide an added measure of safety to your people and your business. Here’s how:
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Why is Metal Building Flashing Important?

Metal building flashing is one of those products that most people know they need — even if they aren’t clear on why they need it. At Metallic Products, we take pride in not only designing and manufacturing quality metal building accessories, but in educating others about their use. Our team thought we would take a moment to discuss what flashing is, and why it is important to your building.
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