PEB Corp Group · NewCon Steel® · LGS/CFS manufacturing
NewCon Steel® roll-forms studs, tracks, hat channels, C-sections, and Z-purlins from 0.85 to 2.5 mm (0.033–0.098 in), CNC-cut and punched from your model and ready to fasten. Quoted by linear meter or by metric ton (1,000 kg).
NewCon Steel LGS/CFS profiles are cold-formed structural members roll-formed from coil with a zinc-aluminum-magnesium (Zn-Al-Mg) alloy coating of 275 g/m² total across both faces (0.90 oz/ft²). They come in thicknesses from 0.85 to 2.5 mm and are CNC-cut, punched, marked, and labeled to a ±0.5 mm (±0.02 in) dimensional tolerance. Their design follows AISI S100-16 (R2020) with Supplement 3 (S3-22).
Cold-formed steel (CFS), also called light-gauge steel (LGS), is thin steel sheet bent at ambient temperature into a structural section: studs, tracks, hat channels, C-sections, and Z-purlins. It is neither melted nor hot-rolled. Thickness is therefore specified in millimeters of sheet, not by the weight of a rolled section. For hot-rolled steel frames, see the PEB Corp engineering comparison of the two systems.
This has two practical consequences. First, design follows its own specification, AISI S100-16 (R2020) with Supplement 3 (S3-22), rather than the hot-rolled steel specification. Second, each piece is made to exact dimensions (cut, punched, and labeled) because the process runs on a machine, not in a job shop.
NewCon Steel cold-forms the steel on its roll-forming line at Centro Industrial PEB, Las Mañanitas, Panama City. Every profile comes off the line within a ±0.5 mm manufacturing tolerance.
Every profile is cut to the length in the take-off, punched with its service penetrations and connection holes, and marked and labeled with its shop-drawing identifier. On site, the crew sets, aligns, and fastens it.
This removes three common sources of rework with generic stock-length steel: field cutting, hand layout of holes, and coating touch-up on saw-cut edges.
If you want the framing labor off the job site too, the same profiles ship pre-assembled as panels or as the complete structure in a kit.
The data a structural engineer needs to specify the profile, and the data a buyer needs to compare offers without ambiguity.
Section dimensions and properties for each family are issued in the project data sheet with the quote. Available sections and thicknesses can vary by production run, so confirm them before you issue the purchase order.
Table 1 of ASTM A1003 does not list Zn-Al-Mg alloy coatings. They qualify through the alternative, performance-evaluated coating route (ASTM A1004). That route requires at least the corrosion behavior of a G60 for Type H and Type L structural steels. NewCon Steel's coating mass is 275 g/m², more than 50% above that 180 g/m² minimum. It is simple arithmetic that your specifier can check against public standards.
Studs and tracks for bearing walls and shear walls, and C-sections and joists for floors, in low- and mid-rise buildings designed to AISI S240-20. If you need the finished building, SmartBrix Construction delivers turnkey steel-framed construction.
Light-gauge steel trusses and cold-formed roof purlins, with wind loads verified to ASCE/SEI 7-22 for the project site.
Studs and tracks for interior partitions and facade subframing, carrying the same Zn-Al-Mg 275 g/m² coating as the structural profile.
Send drawings, the structural model, or a quantity list by family, thickness, and length. If you do not have a take-off yet, send the geometry and our team will turn it into a piece list.
lm or tSheet thickness between 0.85 and 2.5 mm and a Zn-Al-Mg coating of 275 g/m². If your specifier requires a different coating mass, tell us before we quote.
ZM275Within 48 hours, you get a quote with quantities, thicknesses, coating, fabrication time, and shipping terms.
48 hCNC roll-forming, cutting, punching, marking, and labeling at the Panama City plant, to a ±0.5 mm tolerance. The bundles then ship with the mill certificate and certificate of origin.
±0.5 mmNewCon Steel manufactures LGS/CFS profiles in sheet thicknesses from 0.85 mm to 2.5 mm. Thickness is always specified in millimeters of sheet, never in gauge. Gauge-to-millimeter equivalents vary with the chart your specifier uses, so we issue the equivalence in writing in the project data sheet to keep ambiguity out of the purchase order.
NewCon Steel profiles are delivered cut to the take-off length, punched, marked, and labeled by CNC, to a ±0.5 mm dimensional tolerance. They are not cut on site. Every piece carries its shop-drawing identifier, so the crew sets, aligns, and fastens instead of measuring and cutting. This eliminates field cutting and coating touch-up on saw-cut edges.
NewCon Steel profiles use a zinc-aluminum-magnesium alloy coating at 275 g/m² (both sides), not pure zinc. The magnesium and aluminum migrate across cut edges, punch-outs, and fastener points. There they form a protective film over the exposed steel, which is where conventional galvanizing fails first. In real atmospheric exposure, peer-reviewed literature records 2 to 4 times lower mass loss than conventional hot-dip galvanized steel after 4 to 6 years, including marine sites. Nippon Steel separately reports 10 to 20 times better resistance in accelerated salt spray testing (JIS Z 2371). We always name the test, because a salt-spray cabinet is not a linear predictor of service life.
NewCon Steel does not require a full-container minimum order, the usual barrier when buying cold-formed steel from Asia. The production run is set against the project take-off. The commercial minimum that applies to your case is confirmed in the quote, based on profile family, thickness, and shipping destination.
NewCon Steel LGS/CFS profiles are designed to AISI S100-16 (R2020) with Supplement 3 (S3-22), the North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members. When they form part of a framing system, they are also designed to AISI S240-20. Seismic design follows AISI S400-20 and loads follow ASCE/SEI 7-22. Final verification is run against the code of the destination country. Details are on the engineering and standards page.
Buying loose profiles from NewCon Steel makes sense when your crew frames on site and you want to control the pace of assembly. Buying pre-assembled structural panels makes sense when you want the framing labor off the job site. The wall, floor cassette, or truss arrives assembled in the plant, numbered and sequenced to the structural model, and the crew lifts and fastens it. The material is the same profile; what changes is where the work happens.
NewCon Steel profiles are formed from base steel that conforms to ASTM A1003/A1003M (Type H structural grades), the specification for coated steel sheet for cold-formed framing members. It arrives as coil with a Zn-Al-Mg coating of 275 g/m² (ZM275 to EN 10346 / ZMM275 to ASTM A1046 Type 1), 275 g/m² total across both faces. The mechanical properties of the supplied steel are stated on the mill certificate for the lot, which ships with the order.
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