Overview
McElroy Metal
McElroy Metal manufactures metal roofing and wall panels. The company was founded in 1963 by Thomas E. McElroy Sr. and has been employee-owned since it became an Employee Stock Ownership Plan company in 2022. No parent company is listed. The company’s site describes 14 manufacturing facilities, 31 service centers and 44 Metal Mart locations.
The roof product categories on the site are standing seam roof systems, curved standing seam roof systems, exposed fastener roof panels, retrofit and recover roof systems, specialty roof panels and insulated metal roof panels. The standing seam roof range includes 138T, 238T, Maxima, Medallion, Meridian and Mirage II, with Trap-Tee also listed. Medallion I and II and Medallion-Lok are standing seam systems, and Medallion I is also offered in a curved version. The 138T and 238T systems appear under standing seam, curved standing seam and retrofit categories, with 138T Shingle Recover and 238T Metal-Over-Metal listed as recover systems. Maxima is offered as Maxima 1.5 and Maxima ADV in curved form. The exposed fastener range includes Max-Rib, Mega-Rib, 5V, R-Panel, M-Cor and Multi-Rib. Mega-Rib, R-Panel and Max-Rib are listed for both roof and wall use. The Technical Library holds eleven McElroy Metal records: the Mega-Rib 36-inch roof profile, the PBR-Panel 2008 roof profile, 5-V, R-Panel, Meridian, Medallion I and II, Maxima, 238T, 138T, Medallion-Lok and Max-Rib.
The wall categories are concealed fastener wall panels, exposed fastener wall panels and insulated metal wall panels. The site also lists slit coil and flat sheets, substructural products, soffit, fascia and canopy products, and accessories and trim.
The company’s other products include Met-Tile, Milan and Tilcor shingles, insulated metal panels and EasyFrame steel buildings.
The markets listed on the McElroy Metal site are agriculture and post-frame, residential, commercial, municipal, green and solar, port authority and self-storage.
The site mentions Shreveport, Louisiana, as the place where Tem McElroy returned to join the family company.
Relevant manufacturer history
Thomas E. McElroy Sr., known as Mr. Mac, founded McElroy Metal in 1963. The company grew as a family business, and Tem McElroy later returned to Shreveport, Louisiana, to join it.
The company's current footprint of manufacturing facilities, service centers and Metal Mart locations developed over the following decades, and the product range expanded from exposed fastener panels to standing seam roof systems, shingle-style metal roofing, insulated metal panels and steel building systems.
In 2022 the company became an Employee Stock Ownership Plan company, and it is now employee-owned.
