Jered Chandler
Central States Inc., an Arizona-based company focused on metal building components, roofing and building systems, has named Jered Chandler as plant manager for the company’s manufacturing plant in Tooele that is scheduled to open in 2025. Chandler has been an employee-owner since 2008 in multiple leadership roles. He steps into this new position after leading the company’s largest manufacturing plant in Lowell, Arkansas, for the past eight years. The Tooele facility will be the company’s westernmost plant and will use rail for steel coil transportation and serve a range of customers throughout the West, including in Utah and seven other states. The company plans to invest over $25 million in the facility over the next five years and add over 90 new employee owners. Founded in 1988, Central States has more than 1,400 employee-owners and 11 manufacturing facilities and serves over 6,000 commercial, architectural, post frame, and residential contractors and customers across the United States.
