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Dynamic Business Environment Leading to New Challenges for Roll Form Companies

With many processes available for creating a high-quality metal part, manufacturers face a challenge—choosing the right process. Simply put, manufacturers will have to determine whether they should opt for roll forming over stamping or vice versa for manufacturing finished products. With both options offering significant advantages, the wrong decision can prove to be a very expensive mistake for the manufacturer. Basic Principles of Roll Forming Custom roll forming involves the [...]

Cable Barriers: Roller Die Featured on Fox41 News

Drivers in Kentucky, Indiana and the rest of the country are now safer! And it’s thanks to Roller Die, which produces powerful cable barriers for our interstate medians. Louisville’s Fox41 news recently aired a segment on Roller Die’s cable barriers, strategically made to stop deadly crossover accidents. Using Kentucky structural grade steel, we manufacture cable barrier solutions for highways throughout North America. And business is growing. According to Rocky Nelson [...]

Jan 2010 – Nucor Announcement, AK Steel Press Release

As in November 2009, this month, Nucor Sheet Mill Group announces continued price increases on all Hot Rolled, Cold Rolled, and Galvanized products. Read the letter to Roller Die here. (Download the PDF) AK Steel continues to increase prices on carbon steel products, with the largest increase of the past few months coming in January. View the press release here. (Download the PDF)

Nov 2009 – Nucor Announcement, AK Steel Press Release

This month, Nucor Sheet Mill Group, the largest steel producer in the US, shares news of increased base prices on all Hot Rolled, Cold Rolled and Galvanized products shipped through the first weekend of January. Read the letter to Roller Die here. (Download the PDF) AK Steel announces price increases for carbon steel products in November 2009 as well. View the press release here.(Download the PDF)

Cable Barriers Systems

This past weekend I was driving to Nashville and saw a horrible crash that had two cars and an 18 wheel tied up in the cable barriers. The system stops an 18 wheel truck from coming across the median and causing more problems, and probably saved the lives of the people in the oncoming traffic. I was sad for it appeared as if someone had lost their lives in this [...]

Outsourced Roll Forming/Managed Equipment Programs

Roller Die has been providing this service for quite a while. We will be officially starting this program and will be included it in our fall marketing brochures. I believe that there are advantages to this type of program, for companies that want to improve on their core processes. Eliminate costly maintenance on both the equipment and tooling Utilize our raw material buying power Improves your Cash Flow by reducing [...]

Roller Die: Watch Us Grow Solar

The past year has seen a huge rise in solar power projects for our industry, and Roller Die is leading the way. We are now actively promoting our solar capabilities on this website — click here. Roll forming is the ideal method for producing solar panel mounting systems. Our solar panel mounts maintain solar panel positioning, at the perfect angle for receiving the sun’s rays. Plus, roll formed solar panel mounting systems [...]

NEW Blog Topic – Manufacturer News

At Roller Die, we believe in real, fair pricing. We house one of the largest catalogs of free tooling in the world (over 2300 parts), in order to offer great value to our customers. In light of recent steel price increases and these economic times, businesses are proving their accountability. That’s why we are now publishing letters, pricing charts, and forecasting announcements straight from our manufacturers, right here on our [...]