Evans Metal Products

In short, we make metal products. It's in our name. We are a metalworking and fabricating company that has been in business since the 1970s. Located in Elkhart, IN, we have a variety of products and services that we provide, such as rails, structural work, industrial metal, and ornamental metal. We also specialize in wrought iron restoration. Evans Metal has been in business since 1945 and was started by my father, Clifford Evans, Sr. Starting in Elkhart, Dad specialized in Ornamental Iron and Stairs for home owners, businesses and general contractors in the Michiana area. I helped him in the summers from the time I was eleven. Like my father who graduated from Purdue in 1934, I graduated in 1968. I taught school for several years and left teaching to start a photographic studio. When he retired and asked me to work with him one day a week I was delighted. I wanted to be closer to my dad. One day led to two and I found myself working with him full time. It was good being close to my dad. During those years, we fabricated miles of railings and many flights of stairs from Ste. St. Marie to Mississippi and all through the Midwest. We were even shipping products to China, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. When my father fell off a balcony while field measuring in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, I began managing all aspects of the business while he was recovering. I ultimately bought the business in 1974 expanding our fabrications to include structural steel. In 1979, Evans Metal won an AISC Award for excellence for an architecturally exposed steel project, the Michigan City Library. In 1984, we built the 10 story atrium for the BP Building (now 200 Public Square) in downtown Cleveland. The business continued to expand in all aspects: capacity, diversity, and financially. At the same time, I came to faith in Jesus Christ in 1979. My life was and continues to be transformed as a result of this realization. That change nudged me more deeply and I felt called to greater Christian service. Thus, from 1986-1989 I was asked by my bishop to attend seminary. This resulted in my ordination to the priesthood in 1989 as an Episcopal priest. I served as a parish priest from 1989 until 2002 and on a bishop’s staff from 2002 until 2007. Upon the retirement of the bishop and the election of a new bishop, all the staff were immediately released. These events directed me back into business. While I was in ministry full time, the business was managed by Bruce Rienks. He was a faithful manager. Upon my return to business we planned to increase the size of the business. And then came 2008. During this mini-depression, we began to transform the business from a competent shop using older fabrication techniques to a significantly larger and more modern business. As a result of these difficult years, we have become a stronger and more able company. Nothing has been left untouched in this modernization. We have changed how we engineer our products, have purchased new machinery to hone our productivity, increased our sales staff, and promoted talented workers. Today we have 16 people working at the shop. Last year was our best year ever. We are currently growing at nearly 25% a year. We continue to offer quality products and service from a staff that is well-grounded in traditional production methods and is constantly being trained in today's technological advances.

Capacity

• We produce between 50 and 150 tons of Structural Steel monthly and broker Bar Joists and Metal Decking from a variety of suppliers around the country.  Our sales and engineering staff also offers value engineering to reduce your building costs.  We also are able to design, fabricate and install building materials throughout the midwest.   
• Fabricating stairs and handrails for over 67 years, we can say we have produced and installed countless miles of rails and stairways that could reach the heavens.  We also fabricate ladders and supply grating.  We have three systems of aluminum rail we manufacture and regularly fabricate stainless steel and bronze rails. 
• Ornamental metals includes all the unique and decorative items that are often hard to find. We often work with architects, interior designers and owners to create that “special look and feel.” We work in wrought iron, aluminum, stainless steel and bronze.  We also manufacture several items in “lawn art” and decorative gates and rails that go beyond the functional.
• Specializing in welding, cutting, shearing, plasma cutting, bending and finishing, we offer customers skill and proficiency to meet their fabricating needs.  Please ask for a quotation for your next project when it comes to weldments, stainless steel passivation, repetitive parts weighing less than 10,000 lbs, pipe bending in multiple planes, and circumferential as well as longitudinal finishing of stainless steel and aluminum round shapes under 4 inches in diameter. We can even finish parts after they have been formed!