Combined Metals
Kerry Shuster is an experienced finance professional with a strong background in credit management and analysis. Currently serving as Corporate Credit Manager and previously as Senior Credit Analyst at Combined Metals of Chicago LLC since January 2007, Kerry has demonstrated expertise in corporate credit assessments. Prior experience includes roles as Corporate Credit Analyst at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur from November 2003 to September 2006 and at Insight Enterprises from May 2001 to September 2003. Earlier career experience includes a position as Accounting Manager at Golden Seal Heating & Air from May 1999 to May 2001. Kerry holds a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting from Metro State University, attended from 1992 to 1994, and studied at the University of Minnesota Duluth from 1983 to 1985.
Combined Metals
Combined Metals™ is the largest independent processor and distributor of specialty strip and wire in North America. With an integrated network of processing mills and service centers, Combined Metals™ supports thousands of customers worldwide in the Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical Processing, Consumer, Defense, Electronics, Medical, Oil/Gas, and Power Generation industries. We process stainless steel, specialty metals, cobalt alloys, and titanium. Fifty years of quality and reliability have made Combined Metals™ the preferred source for high-performance applications. Illinois & Michigan service centers offer precision slitting, custom buffing with coil to coil and custom wet and dry polishing. Another addition to our equipment and services is our precision strip corrective leveler and punch presses. Our three precision cold rolling mills in Illinois & Connecticut offer capabilities of strip down to .0008” and some widths up to 41”. The mills are supported with multiple bright annealing furnaces capable of producing annealing thicknesses as low as .002″ (.005cm) and multiple slitting units that process a wide range of coil widths and weights. Multiple tension levelers can ensure flatness measurements as low as one I unit on annealed or full-hard materials. In addition, the tension leveler can process coils as large as 900 PIW (16kg/mm) for long production runs. Sycamore location manufactures high quality wire, bar, straightened & cut lengths and shaped wire in an extensive range of Nickel and Cobalt based alloys and special stainless steel grades. Flexible custom manufacturing allows us to offer a few pounds to many thousands of pounds with short, reliable lead times.