Clark Steel and Western Metal Lath have become a part of a newly formed company called Marubeni Itochu Steel America Inc. ...

Clark Steel Framing and Western Metal Lath have become a part of a newly formed company called Marubeni Itochu Steel America Inc. Clark and Western Metal have have joined forces to become one of only two national steel framing and lath manufacturing companies in the United States.

Effective from Sept. 2001, Itochu International Inc. and Marubeni Inc. have agreed to combine their respective steel divisions in a joint venture that will create one new company, MISA.