Control Steel and Aluminum Costs with Confidence

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Steel and aluminum price volatility can disrupt budgets, delay projects, and impact profitability. Flack Global Metals (FGM) helps manufacturers and contractors bring stability back to their supply chains through tailored pricing programs that align with project timelines, purchasing goals, and financial strategies.

Through Flack Capital Markets (FCM)—FGM’s dedicated price-risk management division—customers can lock in, float, or set price floors and ceilings, protecting margins and improving forecasting accuracy. By connecting material purchasing with financial strategy, FGM enables partners to bid with confidence and navigate market shifts without compromising competitiveness.

Our distribution arm, Flack Global Metals Distribution (FGMD), extends these capabilities across a nationwide network of trusted service centers and processing partners. FGMD’s channelized model ensures we support, not compete with, your customer relationships—strengthening your supply chain and creating long-term partnerships built on trust, transparency, and performance.

We help manufacturers and contractors:

• Lock in project pricing to eliminate surprises.
• Choose flexible programs tailored to your buying needs.
• Protect inventory value during market swings.
• Hold firm pricing while awaiting contract awards.
• Free up working capital tied to material.

For fast-moving jobs, 10 MAX Express provides next-day galvanized coil delivery within 300 miles of Chicago and Atlanta, offering responsive support when timelines are tight.

With the only full-service capital markets desk in metals distribution, CME membership, and proprietary market research, FGM delivers the stability, flexibility, and partnership needed to keep your business moving forward, no matter where the market goes.

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Flack Global Metals (FGM) is a vertically integrated industrial platform in the construction products industry. FGM buys, sells, manufactures, trades, and invests in flat-rolled steel, offering risk management and supply chain solutions through proprietary hedging strategies and market expertise. With global reach, FGM operates from offices in Scottsdale, Atlanta, Chicago,  and Cleveland.