Aluminum Angle

Aluminum AngleIn 1946 Ed Hoskin hauled a trailer load of decorative aluminum (counter edging, Formicacaps, mirror and carpet molding, etc.) purchased from the William L. Bonnell company inYoungstown, Ohio, to San Francisco, California. He struggled along wholesaling the trim for acouple of years, advertised for a financial partner, and one day, Dennis Muir showed up onhis doorstep.They formed a partnership and in 1948, Hoskin & Muir was born. For the next several yearsEd worked inside answering the phones and packing and invoicing the orders and Mr. Muirhit the road drumming up business. By the way, Dennis Muir was probably the mostunforgettable character I've ever known. A native New Zealander (he carried a green card allhis life), brilliant (a doctorate of law from the University of London), trial lawyer, anentrepreneur who made his fortune in the outback of Australia during the depression butlost it all at the beginning of WWII, author of a bestselling novel, etc. In 1956 Mr. Muir (wealways addressed him formally) bought Ed Hoskin out of the partnership and the businesscontinued successfully for many years.In the fall of 1970, Mr. Muir advertised in the Wall Street Journal for a salesman partner -someone to succeed him in the business. I, a 29 year old ex-Apollo aerospace engineer,showed up on his doorstep. I and many others were put through a series of competitiveexams, extensive interviews, etc., and in four months I was offered the position. For the nextfifteen years we sold lots of aluminum trim from Aga'a, Guam to Steamboat Springs,Colorado. I was on the road, Al Johnson (now in our Louisville facility) worked the order deskand Wes DeSoto (also in Louisville) packed the orders. Our customers included hardwarestores and lumber yards, floor covering shops, glass houses, and various buildingsubcontractors.Finishes and Colors Due to variations in display screens the colors displayed may not exactly match the actual finishes. This is especially true forChrome. It's like asking what color a mirror is. Generally it's whatever is reflected in themirror. But that can be a good thing.

Cardinal Shower EnclosuresCardinal Shower Enclosures are manufactured by Hoskin & Muir, Inc. Cardinal ShowerEnclosures is a full service supplier of shower enclosures, offering an extremely wideselection of models, finishes and glass options, from patterned to cast glass. Our enclosuresare engineered to the highest possible standards for maximum reliability, and carry alifetime guarantee against defects in craftsmanship and materials on extruded aluminumparts. With locations across the U.S., we can reach 80% of the population with next-daydelivery, and the balance with two or three day service.ANGLES - Equal Leg and Unequal LegThese alunimun angles include both decorative angles and structural angles. Some aluminummouldings are available with a beveled edge for trim applications.CAPS / J-BARThese alunimun caps or J-Bar can serve as decorative or structural edging for manythicknesses of panels, including formica, frp (fiberglass reinforced plastic),Marlite/wallboard, 3/16\" and 1/4\" glass, and 1/2\" panels and more. Thse decorativeextrusions are available in a variety of finishes.

Mirror MouldingsWe are pleased to stock the widest variety of mirror mouldings in the industry. The finishesare an exact match or complementary to our shower enclosure offerings at Cardinal ShowerEnclosures.Many of the items below are designed to be used in pairs. For example, typically whenhanging a mirror, you might use A718 at the top and A717 at the bottom. You slide themirror up into the deep channel then lower it into the shallow channel.In January of 1995 I moved to Louisville and together with Doc (James Dachenhaus inLivermore), built storage racks bought and installed fabrication equipment, and loaded ininventory. Business in Louisville took off quickly thanks to many people, but especially CurtisYoung, the best inside sales guy I've ever known and Wes DeSoto, who ran the shop. Webought Arizona Shower Door out of the partnership in 1996 and started adding distributionfacilities: Cerritos and Texas in 1999, Hawaii in 2003, and Boston and Sparks in 2004. In2007 we added a glass fabrication and tempering facility, a powder-coat line, and a kiln formaking cast glass. Today, Cardinal Shower Enclosures is not only one of the largest showerdoor manufacturers in the country, but is highly respected as being the most progressive andinnovative company in the business.Now, Hoskin & Muir has the largest stock of decorative aluminum extrusions in the country.With a wide range of finishes, we've got what you need. Last fall we built a powder-coat linein our Louisville office to provide custom powder-coating to our customers. All our stockextrusions are now available to order online. For more information please visit http://www.prohmi.com