BMG Metals Inc. has announced that it will open a new branch, expand two of its existing facilities and acquire a metals distribution warehouse in eastern Henrico County, Virginia, USA. BMG plans to open a new distribution facility by January in Wilson, North Carolina, for stocking aluminium, carbon and stainless steel products, as well as mill and industrial supplies, and serve eastern North Carolina. At its Chesapeake, Virginia distribution facility, the company is opening a new shop that will allow it to process carbon and stainless steel plate with new cutting equipment. Customers of that facility include the shipbuilding industry. In Lynchburg, BMG will buy a building next to its existing operation. The building will be used as a depot for various products. In eastern Henrico, the company should close in early December on the purchase of the warehouse, which will allow it to quadruple its inventory of aluminium extrusions and stainless steel and aluminium sheets.