EMMA: Stretching Your Dollars. . . Increasing Your Options. Expanded Metal means versatility. Versatile is the key word describing Expanded Metal. New applications are found for it every day in industry, offices and homes. Expanded Metal allows the design professional the freedom to exercise maximum creativity. Available in different thickness and opening sizes, from micro or fine mesh to grating, Expanded Metal is produced in a variety of metals and other materials. Expanded Metal facilitates the free flow of air, fluid, or light where required. With Expanded Metal, there is no scrap. The Expanded Metal Manufacturers Association (EMMA) is comprised of North American Manufacturers of expanded metal materials. It is a trade association whose main mission and objective is to promote the increased use of expanded metal manufactured in North America through education, marketing, and standards development. The Association develops and supports programs and activities to advance these objectives. EMMA member companies conduct studies and technical research on product applications, promote activities designed to broaden the markets for expanded metal, and create wider use of its products and services. It also prepares and updates useful industry standards and tolerances to assure member companies provide a consistent and superior level of quality. The Members of EMMA are highly specialized in the manufacturing methods and technologies employed in the production of expanded metal and they strive to employ state-of-the-art equipment. By specifying materials supplied by an EMMA member company, you are assured a consistent level of quality produced by manufacturers with the required expertise to meet the most stringent industry standards.