[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]1996[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]Richard Knupp and Joseph Kovalchick form PMAI as a joint venture. The partners start the business as a scrap-trading company located in Lucernemines, Pa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]1999[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]PMAI begins providing mill blends to stainless producers. Due to the company’s success, PMAI outgrows its small office location. As a result, the partners purchase a nearby 30,000-square- foot building surrounded by more than five acres.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]2001[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]PMAI adds additional testing and sorting capabilities to complement the growing blends business.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]2005[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]The blends business flourished.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/4″][vc_column_text]2007[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]PMAI introduces bottom-poured ingots, VAR ingots, and rough machined bars as a new product lines.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
