Col-Met Celebrates with Open House

Col-Met celebrated the opening of its new manufacturing facility in Rockwall, Texas, April 20-22, 2016, during its Open House event. In January 2015, Col-Met broke ground on the 150,000 sq.-ft. facility that would expand its capabilities and allow the company to achieve an aggressive growth strategy for the long term. In November, they moved into the new building, which includes expanded office space, state-of-the-art manufacturing space, and a training room designed for enhanced distributor training.

For its Open House event, Col-Met’s distribution partners, suppliers, industry partners, local city officials and employees were invited to celebrate and view the new facility. With nearly 300 people in attendance, the event kicked off with organized plant tours to share product capabilities and new innovations being launched. The tours went through Col-Met’s history, its Engineering Products department, Drafting, Innovations, and into the plant to get a full understanding of Col-Met’s manufacturing process, starting with sheet metal and fabrication to its coating process and accessories that are integrated into our products.

Following the plant tours, a popular band, Emerald City, played during the celebration while attendees enjoyed a Texas barbeque dinner. With great food, drinks and raffle drawings, the remainder of the evening was spent networking and listening to outstanding music.

In conjunction with the Open House, Col-Met hosted a distributor training in its new training room to nearly 50 attendees. These training courses are designed to provide an educational opportunity to learn all facets of finishing operations as well as provide extensive knowledge on the company’s product lines regarding engineering, design, safety, user friendliness and ongoing support after the sale.

Col-Met had a very successful week hosting its distributors and others at the new facility. “What an event! It was better than expected. Twenty years ago our founder and CEO, Eric Jones, had a dream and today we celebrate that dream in a 150,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that put us in a position to support our aggressive growth plans,” says Steve Houston, Col-Met’s chief marketing officer.

Left to right: Steve Houston, chief marketing officer; Lori Houston; Eric Jones, founder & CEO; Kendra Jones; Trena Benson, executive director of the Powder Coating Institute; Jennifer Egan, marketing manager; Ashley Cecil; and Charles Cecil, president, pose for the camera during the Col-Met Open House.