Ravi LLC

General Southern Industries is a company that makes large steel, aluminum and cement products. Its G&G Steel division makes all types of steel fabrication, specializing in industrial furnaces for the aluminum and steel industries, grinding mills and kilns for the cement and lime industries and various types of lock and dam gates for the United States Army Corps of Engineers. General Southern s Warrior River Steel division produces even larger and heavier jobs. Located on the Mulberry Fork of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee water system, it is linked to the Gulf of Mexico and the inland waterway system. With a 70-foot by 300-foot barge slip, it can load sizeable products easily with its 1,000-ton crane capacity. Situated on 167 acres in Cordova, Ala., the facility covers approximately 290,000 square feet. G&G Steel and General Southern Industries headquarters are located in Russellville, Ala.

Established in 1953, Thompson Fab is one of the leaders in providing metals for water and wastewater treatment plant construction facilities. Its products include TUFRAIL aluminum component handrail, TUFLADDER aluminum ladders, TUFHATCH aluminum access hatches, TUFGATE aluminum stop gates, aluminum grating, and cover plates. Its aluminum checkered floor plates are a minimum of 0.25-inches thick, and manufactured from alloy 6061-T6 or 5086-H112. The company s floor plates are designed to support a uniform load of 200-pounds-per-square-foot, with a maximum deflection of 0.25-inches. Thompson Fab s stop gate guides are manufactured from extruded aluminum, alloy 6063-T6 or 6061-T6, and incorporate an antifriction insert to reduce the coefficient of friction. Its stop gate discs incorporate a lift handle for hand operation. The disc is stiffened as required to meet the loading requirements of the intended application, with a minimum of deflection. Thompson Fab is located in Birmingham, Ala.