Central States Manufacturing, a supplier of metal-building components and roofing for self-storage and other industries, promoted Melissa Dunson from director of marketing and communications to vice president of sales and marketing. She joined Central States in 2024 as marketing-services senior manager. She’s played an instrumental role in strengthening customer relationships, aligning sales and marketing initiatives, and developing programs that help the company’s clients and sales teams succeed, the release stated. Central States Manufacturing is a business unit of Central States Inc., a 100% employee-owned company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Tontitown, Arkansas. The parent company has more than 1,300 employees and 13 manufacturing facilities across the U.S. Its other divisions are Central States Building Works and Elevate Structures.