Jones Metal changes ownership, chairman to retire

Jones Metal Products of West Lafayette, Ohio, has announced that chairman of the board and owner Marion Sutton will retire and has sold the metal forming company to President and CEO Dan Erb.

Sutton is the third generation of her family to own Jones Metal, started in 1923 by her grandfather, Frank Jones. It then passed to her father, Edward Mulligan. Sutton became chairman of the board in 2000. She has not set a hard date for her official retirement.The company has 56 workers with all living in the local area.

Jones Metal manufactures parts for many industries, including aerospace, defense, medical equipment, and lighting. It specializes in hydroforming, fluid cell forming, aluminum and vacuum heat treating, deep-draw stamping, and fabricating.