Buffalo Companies Helping Each Other

Three Buffalo based companies, Allgaier Construction, E B Atlas Steel Corp. and Buffalo Wire Works Co., Inc. have teamed up to help make new renovations at the Buffalo Zoo. Buffalo Wire Works has been manufacturing wire cloth products and screening material in Buffalo since 1896. Buffalo Wire Works mesh products are primarily used in aggregate-mining screening and sizing operations, however they are also used for guarding and architectural applications.

The Buffalo Zoo uses wire cloth, subcontracted and installed by E B Atlas Steel, in various locations throughout the Zoo. EcoStation, the newest exhibit at the Zoo, uses wire cloth in its keeper holding areas. The EcoStation will be home to the new South American rainforest, Australian scrub forest, and American Southwest desert exhibits. The wire cloth encloses the containment where veterinarian care and husbandry take place.

E B Atlas Steel, a local fabricating and structural steel company, has been working with the Zoo for over five years. They were subcontracted by Allgaier Construction to install the containment area. E B Atlas Steel is famed for their creation and installation of the loading station for the Superman roller coaster at Six Flags, Darien Lakes. Installation for the Ecostation was complete on May 9, 2003.

The Zoo’s new exhibits are designed to replicate the animal’s true habitat. This allows the animals to better express their natural behavior in a controlled environment. The EcoStation will be officially open later this season. Together E B Atlas Steel and Buffalo Wire Works have completed several projects for the Zoo, including the containment area for the Vanishing Animals.