Steven R. Zirkel named president of Metl-Span

Metl-Span announced that Steven R. Zirkel has joined the company as the new president. Metl-Span is an industry leader in providing insulated metal panel products for increasing usage in institutional, commercial, industrial and cold storage markets.

“Metl-Span is the recognized industry leader and I’m looking forward to building on a heritage of customer focus and innovation to serve our customers and grow the demand of insulated metal panels.” Zirkel says. “Being a part of the NCI Building Systems family of companies, Metl-Span is well positioned to continue our leadership in institutional, commercial, industrial and cold storage markets.”

Zirkel comes to Metl-Span with more than 20 years of global leadership experience. Prior to joining Metl-Span, Zirkel was vice president of marketing, sales and commercial excellence at William Scotsman, leading strong customer focus and growth. Prior to that, Zirkel worked at Owens Corning as the director of market and business development, where he led strategy and growth plans for the rigid extruded polystyrene foam insulation business unit. Additionally, while at Owens Corning he was general manager of the global thermoplastics business and managing director of Asia Pacific. He has lived and worked on three continents and conducted business in more than 30 countries.

Metl-Span pioneered many of the developments of insulated metal panels and continues to make significant contributions to design innovations and technology that shape industry standards. For more information on Metl-Span products, call 877-585-9969 or visit www.metlspan.com.

Public Relations Contact:

Amanda Storer, Brand Manager, Metl-Span
1720 Lakepointe Dr. Ste 101
Lewisville, TX 75057
(972) 353-6292

AJStorer@metlspan.com

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