Metro Time Line
January 1989
Metro Boiler Tube Co., Inc was founded by Rich and Babara Kramer.
January 23, 1989
Mark Collins Joined The Company.
1991
Ground is broken on The 20,000 square foot facility in Chattanooga, TN.
1991
Our Chattanooga facilty was expanded to 27,000 square feet.
Febuary 21, 1994
Tom Cawood Joined the Metro Boiler Tube Managment Team.
Tom Cawood
Co-Owner / Project Manager (Retired)
Status: Retired as of April 1, 2026
30+ years of service as Shop Superintendent, Quality Control, and Project Manager
Replacement: Scott Bell - Project Manager
NDE Level III, CWI
Ext: 1017
(706) 450-6801
sbell@metroboilertube.com
1997
Operations are moved to a new 40,000 square foot facility on 5 acres in Ringgold, GA.
1998
Andy Hull joined the metro boiler tube team.
1999
The Ringgold facility was expanded to 60,000 square feet.
June 1, 1999
Sam Long joined the Metro Boiler Tube Team.
Sam Long
Straight Tube Division Manager (Retired)
Status: Retired
Contact: Read Retirement Story
Replacement: Kevin Phillips now oversees Straight Sales
Cell: (423) 443-2995
kphillips@metroboilertube.com
2001
Metro added a new 17,500 square foot warehouse adjacent to our fabrication shop.
2002
The warehouse facility in Ringgoldd, GA was expanded to 25,000 square feet.
October 2002
Metro opens a second facility in Gonzales, LA.
March 24, 2003
Mike Autry joins the Metro Boiler Tube Team as Shop Superintendant.
2004
A New 12,000 square foot fabrication building was completed in Gonzales, LA
September 20, 2004
Chris Smith joins the Metro Team as Engineering Manager.
Febuary 14, 2005
Chris Shadrick joins the Metro Team in fabricated sales.
2005
Our warehouse facilities in Ringgold, GA was expanded to 38,500 square feet.
Fall 2005
Our fabrication facilities in Ringgold, GA was expanded by 14,000 square feet.
Febuary 2007
Gen Cap America aquires Metro Boiler Tube Co., Inc in a Managment buyout of the retiring owners.
Febuary 25, 2008
Jessie Byers joins the Metro Team in fabricated sales.
October 27, 2008
Rodney Leffew joins the Metro Team in fabricated sales.
January 8, 2008
David Adams joins the Metro team as Quality Control Manager.
December 15, 2008
Donna Henson joins the Metro Boiler Tube Team as Purchasing Agent.
January 3, 2011
Robbie Hudgens joins the Metro Team as the controller.
January 2, 2012
Trent Hebert joined the Metro Boiler Tube Sales Team.
April 17, 2016
Tereesa Phillips joins the Metro Team as human resource officer.
March 9, 2015
April Watson joins the Metro Accounting Team.
October 10, 2016
Danny Prather joined Metro Boiler Tube as Traffic Manager.
November 30, 2020
Kevin Phillips joined the Metro Boiler Tube Sales Team.
Kevin Phillips
Fabricated Mechanical Straight Sales
January 3, 2022
Lucas Doperalski joined the Metro Boiler Tube Sales Team.
May 9, 2022
Scott Bell Joined the Metro Boiler Tube Team.
Scott Bell
Project Manager / ASNT NDT level III / CWI
Present
Metro Boiler Tube Co., Inc Currently Occupies 110,000 square feet of combined floor space in our facility, and employes over 120 employess