Rohn Industries, Inc.

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Rohn Industries, Inc., formerly UNR Industries, Inc., was a leading manufacturers of telecommunications towers, poles, mounts, and other materials. Rohn products include support structures for antennae, private microwave, cellular telephone, personal communications systems, commercial broadcasting and amateur radio, etc.

Rohn Industries was founded and incorporated in 1918 as UNR Industries, Inc. in an effort to meet demand for, among other things, high quality steel tubing. UNR Industries, Inc. declared bankruptcy in 1982 and was reorganized as Rohn Industries, Inc. In 2003, Rohn Industries, Inc. was acquired by Radian Corporation.

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A substantial portion of the existing private and commercial telecommunications infrastructure in the United States involves Rohn products because the company held the number one position in the market for the production of tower structures for wireless communications equipment and broadcasting stations, making Rohn the world's largest communications tower manufacturer.^{[citation needed]} International sales accounted for %15 of Rohn Industries business in 2001 and their products have been installed in 55 countries.^{[citation needed]}

Rohn's six manufacturing facilities in Illinois, Alabama, Indiana, Arizona, and Mexico, included the Bessemer, Alabama plant which is believed to be one of the largest equipment enclosure plants in the world.^{[citation needed]}

During its history UNR Industries owned steel production and fabricating facilities such as Midwest Steel.^{[citation needed]}