Since 1982, MSA's Metals and Advanced Manufacturing Division has been supplying integrated process automation systems and services to a variety of process and manufacturing industries. Industries serviced include steel, chemical, pulp & paper, laboratory and environmental. The company specializes in providing complete turnkey computer systems, systems design, engineering, and consulting services. Their process knowledgeable engineers combined with their technology expertise results in the leading-edge systems and services for their clients. In the steel industry, the company has a complete set of applications software packages for charging, melting, refining, and casting operations. These applications include thermo-chemical and metallurgical models as well as complete facility-wide scheduling and optimization systems.