About Us
To really know who the company is, you need to start at its beginning. In 1970, Gary Sims founded Sims Steel Buildings in a small Arkansas town. At that time, he was the only employee of his general contracting/agricultural building dealer business. He began to fabricate parts of the building himself a few years later, while still purchasing the other components.
In the summer of 1985, Sims and his son Barry decided to form a partnership after Barry graduated from college. After looking at a few different cities, they felt Memphis would give their new company the best opportunity for success. The two relocated to a 12,000 sq. ft. facility in Memphis and Metal Building Products opened its doors in 1986, with incorporation coming the following year.
MBPI continued where Sims Steel Buildings left off, by selling metal building systems and offering general contracting services, mainly in the agricultural sector. However, the company, with its six employees, was fabricating more of its own building packages. Soon it was producing complete buildings in-house. As the focus became more on manufacturing, sales staff was added.
Barry purchased the company from his father in 1995. By that point, the manufacturing portion of the business had grown to where the company had to consider forming a separate division focused solely on fabrication. That happened in 1997 with the development of Wenco Building Systems as the manufacturing arm of MBPI. This separation allowed the company to provide adequate service and growth opportunities for both functions.
Further separation occurred in 2000 when MBPI – which is licensed in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee – moved to a different location. According to Sims, "The move gave more credibility to truly separate divisions. It physically separated the day-to-day operations and ensured contractors the manufacturing arm of the company was separate from the contracting division." Today, MBPI continues to operate as a separate division, but is located on the same grounds as SPIRCO.
It was at this time that the manufacturing division became known as its current name – Spirco Manufacturing. This was primarily due to another company in a similar field having a name close to Wenco. Spirco was derived from "Spirit" and "Company".
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