ABCO METALS INC. was established in 1982 as a sales agency for three major West-German mills, specializing in non-ferrous wire and rolled products. In the years of independent operation, ABCO's business has grown to include products from other specialty mills in over a dozen countries. Our expertise is in Copper and Copper Alloy semifinished products. With over 30 years experience in the field we have become associated with a variety of worldwide sources from which we provide high quality material, reliable delieveries and competive prices. Our business is conducted in several ways. We are an agent for both foreign and domestic mills. We are also a principal, buying and selling certain products. In some specialty areas we operate as a producer, transforming raw materials into finished products for our customers. We are sure that you are seeing a major change in both your suppliers, and your customers during the last few years. We have also seen that our business, as an importer/exporter, has expanded in three directions: 1. Our historic customers of semi-finished brass mill products have gotten busier, and our mills have been able to handle the increased business. We have expanded this "mainstream" part of our business into China, where we have been active for six years.