Since 1988, Central States Manufacturing has manufactured high-quality metal panels and trim for roofing, siding, and buildings. What started in a small plant in Rogers, Arkansas, has grown into 11 plants across most of the United States, serving 1,000's of distributors and contractors. Our steel is engineered with multiple layers of protection to defend against fading, rusting, and denting and has been tested in the harshest environments to perform above industry standards. With Central States metal, you can be assured of quality with Lifetime Warranties and customer service that goes above and beyond. We make doing business with us easy and we take care of you when things go wrong.

As a 100% employee owned business, we are partners in the success of Central States and our customers. Each Employee Owner works for the good of the business goals because we all have a stake in the game. With this, we become partners in your business, because together, we can do anything.

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Serving Your Business Needs

We believe in keeping business simple and keeping partnerships alive. Your business' success is as important to us as our own success. We live this in our customer promise: "Right. On Time. Every Time." and in our goal of making "ravings fans" of every customer. 

We do this by being ready, available, and responsive to your needs. We stay with you every step of the way and work together to ensure constancy, clarity, and accuracy in our work, our words, our production, and our delivery. And, if something does go wrong, we are there with you through it with an investigative procedure internalized to ensure we do better each and every day. 

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Central States: 100% Employee Owned

NORTHWEST AR – October 1, 2024 — Central States, a leader in metal building components, roofing, and building systems, announced today that it has become a member of Certified Employee-Owned (Certified EO), the leading certification program for employee-owned companies in America. Central States is 100% employee-owned by its 1,400 employees. The announcement coincides with the celebration of National Employee Ownership month observed by businesses across the country every October.

“We are thrilled to be recognized by Certified EO for our commitment to fostering a culture of ownership and empowerment at Central States,” Chief Financial Officer Chad Ware said. “This collaboration will help us provide invaluable resources and education to both our current and future employee-owners, ensuring they are well-informed and engaged in our shared mission to educate and inform them no matter where they are on their journey to financial freedom.”

To become a member of Certified EO, companies must pass a rigorous certification process to demonstrate that their employees own at least 30% of the business (exclusive of company founders), access to ownership is open to every employee, and the concentration of ownership is limited. These strict requirements mean that very few American companies reach that standard and a much smaller percentage are 100% employee-owned like Central States. The Certified EO program provides best practices, market insight, communication support, and a host of educational resources to the companies it certifies.

“We’re excited to have Central States as our newest member,” said Thomas Dudley, CEO and Co-founder of Certified EO. “Employee ownership changes the relationship between the company and employee. It’s a win-win-win for the employees, the business, and the community. As one of the fewer than 1 in 200 American companies eligible to join Certified EO, Central States stands out in promoting the power of employee ownership. They’ve joined a growing community who are reshaping how businesses operate.”

Founded by Carl Carpenter in 1988, Central States continues to build and maintain customer loyalty through their unique and focused attention to customer service, with the customer promise of “Right. On Time. Every Time.” being a key corporate tenet. Central States became fully employee-owned in 2011 to provide financial freedom for the now 1,400 employee-owners across 13 locations nationwide, with two more manufacturing facilities set to open in 2025.

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Customer Portal: Central Link

Central Link is your link to everything Central States, saving your business time and money in looking up products, quoting, ordering, and tracking product deliveries. Customers can also set up their customers with Central Link accounts, add specific pricing for each customer account, and provide access for them to order directly. 

Best of all Central Link is provided to our customer at no charge to them and training is available from your Central States salesperson.

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Design Your 3D Metal Building

Start designing your complete building system with our easy-to-use 3D Building Designer. The 3D Designer supports a wide range of building configurations and provides both a visual representation of your project and creates a spec and parts list needed for Central States Building Works to provide a free project quote. Get started designing today and “Request a Free Quote” when you are ready.

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Visualize Metal Roofing and Siding on Your Project

The visualizer is an elegant digital tool for contractors and distributors to showcase Central States metal in real time. Central States’ wide selection of colors and panel profiles can be added to a collection of sample homes or directly to an uploaded photo of the actual project structure. This sleek and beautiful tool provides you with a showcase piece to present to customers during their inspiration and decision process. 

With the Visualizer, from Central States, you can create visuals in a matter of seconds and eliminate the need for printed color charts spread across a table.

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Roof Estimation/Takeoff: Roofing Passport

Roofing Passport is a digital tool for contractors and distributors to produce roof estimates and takeoffs quickly and accurately. Developed in partnership with Sherwin-Williams, Roofing Passport allows you to quickly create a roof lookup, select panels and trim, and output diagrams, measurements, and material lists to create your customer quotes and orders. 

If you are a contractor or distributor who is looking for a simpler metal roof estimation process, with precise measurements, and downloadable material lists and documents, you need to try out Roofing Passport.

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Metal Roofing

Central States quality metal roofing is a reliable and long-lasting solution that you can trust when supplying your customers with roofing solutions. Central States offers exposed fastener, hidden fastener, and standing seam options, including needed metal accessories. Our metal roofing products provide superior protection against the elements and are highly energy efficient and sustainable as they are made from mostly recycled material, are 100% recyclable, and last for years longer than traditional shingles.

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Metal Siding

Metal siding has become an increasingly sought-after option for buildings of all kinds thanks to its versatility, variety of design, and ease of installation. Central States siding panels offer the same high quality, durability, and color selections that our roofing panels have been known for. Innovation and style continue at Central States with our latest launch of Board & Batten in the Eastern U.S., offering a new style option and realistic direct-print wood grain colors.

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Metal Buildings: PEMB

At Central States, we offer custom building designs for metal building projects across a wide array of industries. Central States Building Works division offers fully designed top-quality custom metal building kits along with expert drawings and timely delivery for your customer's construction projects. We work with you and your customer every step of the way to ensure the project is created to spec’ and ready to ship on time.

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Storage and Multi-Story Metal Buildings

Central States Building Works provides a design and material-only building package for single-story self-storage facilities. We provide rapid quoting, permit drawings, and kits delivered to your job site.

Elevate Structures, a national metal building subcontractor and leader of innovation and design for the self-storage industry, provides multi-story self-storage, multifamily, hotel, and student housing structures. We have solid relationships with general contractors, engineers, and architects across the country to get your project rolling. 

Our patented Alpha Framing System is a high-performance framing solution designed to withstand wind, shear, and gravity loads. Made up of pre-assembled light gauge columns and beams, this system offers a cleaner, faster, and stronger alternative to traditional framing methods.

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Latest Podcasts

Melissa Dunson – Who is Central States Manufacturing?

In this Roofing Road Trips® episode, Megan R. Ellsworth talks with Melissa Dunson to discuss the biggest metal manufacturer you might not have heard of: Central States Manufacturing! You could be using their metal without even knowing it! As a producer of metal roofing, siding and packages for buildings of ...
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Jennifer Davis and Ahmed Abdelaal - Capabilities of Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings

In this MetalCast™, Karen Edwards visits with Jennifer Davis and Ahmed Abdelaal of Central States Manufacturing to explore the history of Building Works, a key player in the construction support industry and examine the essential services they offer — ranging from estimating and designing to packaging and delivery. Their discussion ...
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Central States Building Works - Design Your 3D Metal Building

Start designing your complete building system with our easy-to-use 3D Building Designer. The 3D Designer supports a wide range of building configurations and provides both a visual representation of your project and creates a spec and parts list needed for Central States Building Works to provide a free project quote. ...
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$5.3 Billion in metal roofing installed last year? Do you want a piece of that?

See how adding metal roofing to your offering could benefit your business. Looking for expertise on adding metal to your product offering? Central States is the premier partner for metal roofing contractors. Wanting better service from your current metal supplier? Central States offers unmatched customer service and the nationwide scale to ...
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Can’t Visualize it? We Can Help.

See your project in Metal in seconds. Take the guesswork out of selecting a color of your metal roof or siding with Central States’ Visualizer. Your metal color selection should blend in and make a statement, but not look out of place with the other materials and finishes on your ...
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Visualize, customize and get a free quote! Start designing your complete building system with our easy-to-use 3D Building Designer. The 3D Designer supports a wide range of building configurations and provides both a visual representation of your project and creates a spec and parts list needed for Central States Building Works ...
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