Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

BEACON METALS, INC.
Beginning with the premise that good people could produce
great results, Carl W. Buehner and his son-in-law, John
C. Riches, founded Beacon Metals, Inc., as a start-up company
supplying commercial aluminum windows and hollow
metal doors. Their philosophy has positioned the company
for tremendous opportunities since its founding
in December of 1966. In the company’s early days,
key individuals in addition to Beuhner and Riches
included Hank Ombach and Beulah Knight.
Today, Beacon Metals furnishes commercial and
industrial doors and hardware on literally thousands
of buildings, which include hundreds of
thousands of doors and openings, facilitating public
access and security, as well as meeting rigorous life
safety and fire codes.
The mission of Beacon Metals is to provide the
highest level of value to its customers through competent,
certified, licensed professionals and quality
products. It strives to be a company of preference,
to be financially strong, provide opportunities to its
team members and sustain targeted, steady growth.
The company’s products and expertise provide beauty
and functionality while maintaining the security and safety
required for hospitals, schools and universities, government
military bases and installations, retail shopping centers and
malls, airports, churches and religious houses of worship,
industrial treatment facilities, hotels and hospitality, office
buildings, prisons and jails, temples, generating plants,
sporting and special event arenas, conference centers and
numerous other facilities.
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