Perforated Metal

In early November our team at Astro had the pleasure of exhibiting at AIA MN ’22 Show at the Minneapolis Convention Center.  A’22 MN was a powerful event filled with inspiring and [...]

Astro Metal Craft perforates metal for industrial and architectural usage. Interestingly, perforated metal was first made for the mining industry (over 150 years ago) as a means of separating [...]

Exciting news at Astro! Our new TruPunch 5000 safely arrived and is installed. With this new machine, we will triple our output capabilities increasing perforated metal panel production! As you [...]

Architects and designers are incorporating architectural perforated metal panels in parking ramps, balconies, decks, fences, and on buildings, more than ever before. Perforated metals and screens [...]

There are many uses for metal products in architectural work such as railings, building cladding, and decorative panels. Metal is one of the strongest building materials and some metal products, [...]

Punched metal, also known as perforated metal, is one of our manufacturing specialties at Astro Metal Craft. We have state-of-the-art machines that can perfectly punch one sheet or hundreds with [...]

Perforated metal panels in architecural work are useful and can be applied in many ways. They make excellent building facades, special types of fencing, unique railings, especially in commercial [...]

The use of perforated metal panels in railings is a wonderful alternative to the standard picket or rail type railing that is seen everywhere.  It offers a bit more privacy, yet allows light and [...]

Perforated metals are used in a vast array of architectural applications. These include sunscreens, column covers, railing infills, building cladding, vent covers, light covers and much more. [...]