Overview
Metl-Span
Metl-Span is a manufacturer of insulated metal panels and single-skin metal panels for roofs and walls. The company is a Nucor company, following its acquisition by Nucor in 2021. Its headquarters are at 700 State Highway 121 Bypass, Suite 200, in Lewisville, Texas. The company reports more than eight manufacturing locations across the United States and Canada.
The insulated roof range includes CFR, LS-36 and TerraVue. CFR is an insulated standing seam roof panel. LS-36 is an insulated roof and wall panel with exposed fasteners. TerraVue is an insulated roof deck system. The insulated wall range includes the CF panels: Architectural, Flute, Light Mesa, Mesa, Partition, Santa Fe, Striated, Tuff-Cast, Tuff Wall and 7.2 Insul-Rib. LS-36 is also listed among the wall panels, as is the ThermalSafe fire-resistant panel.
The backup wall range consists of the BW Universal System and the BW Stretch System.
The single-skin range is divided by fastener type. The concealed fastener panels are the Concept Series, with the models CS-200, CS-260, CS-620 and CS-660, and the IW Series, with the models IW-10A, IW-13A, IW-20A and IW-40A. The exposed fastener panels are BR5-36, Econolap 3/4 inch, MR3-36, Style-Rib, Super-Rib and TR4-36. The EcoScreen line applies perforated screening to wall panels and is offered in Style-Rib, MR3-36, Econolap 3/4 inch and BR5-36 profiles. The company also offers the Metl-Vision Window System.
The market segments listed by the company are agriculture, athletic facilities, automotive, aviation, battery plants, cold storage, data centers, education, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, municipal, offices, oil and gas, religious facilities, retail, retrofit, self-storage, warehouse, and wineries and breweries. The company describes its customers as architectural, commercial and industrial clients.
The Technical Library holds 34 Metl-Span product records covering the insulated roof and wall panels, the backup wall systems, the Concept and IW Series panels, the exposed fastener profiles and the EcoScreen perforated panels.
Relevant manufacturer history
Metl-Span states that its insulated metal panel business began in the early 1980s with Controlled Building Systems Corporation in Dallas, Texas. Metl-Span was formed in 1983 as a subsidiary of Air Foil Impellers and moved to Lewisville, Texas. The company's site also states that it has served customers since 1968.
Ownership has changed several times. Whitman Corporation's Hussmann Company acquired the business in 1987. Grupo IMSA became the owner in 1994, and NCI Group acquired it in 2012. Nucor acquired Metl-Span in 2021.
Production milestones include the first continuous foamed-in-place line in 1990 and the addition of the ThermalSafe fire-resistant panel in 2004. Manufacturing expanded beyond Texas over the years, with plants in Virginia from the mid-1990s, Nevada in 2005 and Indiana in 2007. A plant in Brigham, Utah, was added in 2024.
