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Solar Group was established in 1957 as Solar Hardware Company. Its early products included door and window hardware and metal adjustable shelving. In 1976 the company began manufacturing home ventilation products under the AMPCOR name. Then in 1982 a new division called Southern Gemini was added to manufacture mailboxes. In 1988 EFI wood fasteners became part of the company's product offering. At that time all four divisions: SOLAR HARDWARE, AMPCOR, SOUTHERN GEMINI, and EFI were brought together under one name, THE SOLAR GROUP. Solar Group products are marketed throughout the Uited States, Canada, Japan and Germany. In 1998 the Solar Group was acquired by GIBRALTAR INDUSTRIES. GIBRALTAR is a leading manufacturer, processor, and distributor of metals and other engineered materials for the building products, vehicular, and other industrial markets. The company serves approximately 10,000 customers in a variety of industries in all 50 states, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, and Central and South America. It has approximately 3,500 employees and operates more than 74 facilities in 26 states, Canada, and Mexico. Solar Group has a location in Taylorsville, Miss., and is a subsidiary of Gibraltar Industries, Buffalo, N.Y.

Southern Cast Products is a jobbing steel foundry, making castings from a variety of alloys. It can produce a range of castings, from wear-resistant parts used in mining, crushing and earth moving to structural castings used in the valve, conveying and railroad industries. Southern Cast Products is located in Meridian, Miss.

Established in 1962, Magnolia Steel Co. Inc. specializes in the fabrication of reinforcement steel for concrete construction of bridges, roads, and buildings. It caters to the reinforcing steel and concrete accessory needs of customers throughout the southeast United States and beyond. Based in Meridian, Miss., with an approximately 50,000-square-foot facility, the company s capabilities include a wide array of equipment for lifting, bending, cutting, punching, shaping, welding and finishing reinforcing steel and concrete supplies. The firm has capabilities to provide rebar and concrete supplies to projects of all sizes, and additionally operates a fleet of its own trucks to provide on-site product delivery services to its customers.