After attending a meeting hosted by our building management, Tishman Speyer, JMC Steel Group has to participate in the Green Office Challenge.  We’re excited to take part in the challenge in order to reduce energy, materials, and water consumption – and encourage other colleagues and peers to do the same. The Green Office Challenge is designed to help Chicago businesses and employees improve sustainability and demonstrate environmental leadership to help make Chicago an even better place to live and work. Our office has been interested in going green since our move into the building at 227 West Monroe. The building already...

Media Day to Include Remarks from JMC Steel Group CEO, a Facility Tour and Luncheon Sharon Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group, announced today that a ribbon-cutting event will celebrate the April 1, 2013 relaunch of the Sharon Tube brand. On June 11, 2013, Sharon Tube will welcome employees and their families, customers, local dignitaries and the media to gather at the precision tube facility to commemorate Sharon Tube’s history and celebrate its new state-of-the art manufacturing process. Media Day festivities begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11, with the ribbon-cutting ceremony and a welcome speech given by JMC...

Why are some of the largest and most cost efficient companies turning to solar for energy consumed by on-site facilities? It’s pretty simple; they want to continue to be the largest and most cost efficient companies. Iconic brands like WalMart, Costco, IKEA, Kohl’s, and Walgreens are synonymous with proficient management, low overhead and profitable business models. And now they’re deploying record level solar systems because they see a smart investment comprised of decreasing installation costs, innovative financing options, and the ability to stabilize future energy expenses. When the price of commercial solar systems dropped almost 14 percent in 2012, advantageous companies...

Department of Defense requires military to use steel that is 100% made in the U.S. Every day, the domestic steel industry strengthens and serves the United States’ national security and defense interests by supporting not only the military’s infrastructure both at home and overseas, but the nation’s infrastructure. According to a 2007 report titled U.S. Steel Industry Analysis: Importance Of Domestically-Produced Steel to Overall National Defense Objectives and Economic And Military Security, nearly every military construction project is dependent on U.S- produced steel. Just last month, representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District kicked off the first...

Picoma Industries, a division of JMC Steel Group, recently launched a new iPad® app, the Picoma ECN Catalog. This app is the latest among JMC’s growing suite of innovative apps and valuable tools for industry professionals. Available for the iPad, the Picoma ECN Catalog app enables professionals in the electrical contracting and distribution industries to learn about Picoma’s full line of EC&N products from their iPad device. The Picoma ECN Catalog app offers comprehensive product information, specifications and code information for Picoma’s line of Rigid steel, EMT and Rigid Aluminum EC&N products.  Our user-friendly app quickly provides information to professionals on...