Chris arrives to take over as the General Manager for the Kansas City division of Brown-Strauss Steel.
From the Kansas City Business Journal
Brown-Strauss Steel on Monday said it bought B-S Steel of Kansas Inc. for an undisclosed amount.
Though founded in Kansas City in 1905, Brown-Strauss moved its headquarters to Denver in 1983, the same year B-S Steel was founded. B-S Steel is based in Kansas City, Kan.
“This acquisition will help expand our footprint into the Midwest and open up a wide range of opportunities for us and for our customers,” Brown-Strauss President Michael Calvert said in a release. “Our access to an even larger range of mill sources worldwide will allow us to provide the most competitive pricing in the market.”
B-S Steel provides structural steel and tubing for the construction, petrochemical and automotive industries. Brown-Strauss Steel supplies wide flange beams and structural steel tubing. The former B-S Steel location gives Brown-Strauss seven locations throughout the country.
Calvert said the sales and support staff from B-S Steel will remain with the company.
Chris Gunderson was named as the new general manager of the Kansas City facility.
From the Denver Business Journal
Brown-Strauss Steel acquires Kansas company
Aurora-based Brown-Strauss Steel is a distributor of wide flange beams and structural steel tubing.
B-S Steel is based in Kansas City, Kan. Brown-Strauss Steel will operate its location as its seventh site. Chris Gunderson of Brown-Strauss Steel’s Denver location will become the new general manager in Kansas City.
"This acquisition will help expand our footprint into the Midwest and open up a wide range of opportunities for us and for our customers," Brown-Strauss Steel President Michael Calvert said in a statement Monday.
The company currently operates in Colorado, California, Arizona, Utah and Washington state.
Brown-Strauss Steel was founded in Kansas City in 1905 and moved its corporate headquarters to Denver in 1983. It is a unit of New York-based
Blue Tee Corp.
