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50 Service Center Top 10 Profiles

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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles—With over $8.44 billion in 2012 revenues—double its closest competitor—Reliance extended its lead as the market’s largest service center organization. It is likely to do the same this year as it starts to reap the gains from its April acquisition of Metals USA. Its largest acquisition of the many to date, Reliance paid $1.25 billion in cash and assumed debt to take over Metals USA, the industry’s No. 8-ranked competitor. Other Reliance acquisitions last year included: GH Metal Solutions, Sunbelt Steel Texas, Australia’s Airport Metals, Worthington Steel’s Vonore, Tenn., processing plant, National Specialty Alloys and McKey Perforating Co. Reliance now operates over 240 locations in 38 states in the U.S., and in 10 other countries.

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Ryerson Inc., Chicago—Ryerson reported revenues of $4.025 billion in 2012, down from $4.73 billion in 2011. Owned by the Platinum Equity investment group, Ryerson now operates 105 stocking locations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, China and Brazil. Ryerson was relatively quiet in late 2012-2013 in terms of acquisitions or expansions, following a more aggressive period of growth. The company remains a diverse distributor of metal products that include carbon steel, stainless, aluminum and red metals in coil, bars, structural shapes, sheet, plate, and pipe and tube products.

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Kloeckner Metals, Roswell, Ga.—Germany’s Klöckner & Co. created the industry’s third-largest generalline service center chain in March 2012 when it merged the operations of industry leaders Namasco and Macsteel. Kloeckner reported $3.5 billion in 2012 sales, up from about $3.3 billion the previous year. Kloeckner supplies steel and nonferrous metals from 55 distribution locations across North America. The company’s latest growth project was the construction of a 100,000-square-foot light-gauge flatrolled processing center on the campus of ThyssenKrupp’s carbon mill in Calvert, Ala.

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Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, Mississauga, Ontario—Holding steady at No. 4, the Canadian distribution company grew revenues to $3.4 billion from $3.1 billion the previous year. Its revenues figure to growth further in 2013 with significant acquisition activity on both sides of the border. In late 2012, Samuel added Pennsylvania’s Frontier Steel Co., a distributor of carbon plate products. Most recently, Samuel acquired western Canada’s Wilkinson Steel and Metals, expanding its presence in British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. The company operates more than 100 stocking locations with over 5,000 employees in the U.S and Canada, as well as Mexico, Australia, China and the United Kingdom.

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ThyssenKrupp Materials NA, Southfield, Mich.—While the German company has spent much of the past year trying to offload its steelmaking operations in Alabama, the company’s distribution arm continued to chug along. ThyssenKrupp Materials NA grew its revenues from $3.1 billion in 2011 to $3.2 billion last year. The company remains one of the most diverse metals providers in the service center industry, with extensive processing and inventories of most industrial materials, including aluminum, copper, brass, specialty metals, steel and plastic products. It has 3,400 employees in 83 stocking locations.

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Russel Metals, Mississauga, Ontario—Canada’s other major metals distributor cracked $3.0 billion in sales in 2012, up from $2.7 billion the previous year. The publicly traded Russel has three chief business segments: metals service centers, energy tubular products and steel distributors. Russel made a major investment for its energy tubular products division in 2012 with the November acquisition of Apex Distribution Inc., an oilfield supplier in western Canada. Apex had more than $500 million in revenue in its 2012 fiscal year. Russel operates 66 branches, employing 3,290 people.

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O’Neal Steel, Birmingham, Ala.—The largest family-owned service center based in the United States, O’Neal had a steady year in 2012, with revenues of $2.5 billion matching those from the previous year. It has two groups within its service center business: High Performance Metals and its Industrial Metals Group. The company now operates over 90 locations with 3,700 employees.

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Steel Technologies, Louisville, Ky.—Steel Technologies is a major processor and distributor of flat-rolled steel. The company, owned as part of a 50/50 joint venture between U.S. steelmaker Nucor Corp. and Japan’s Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., cracked the $2 billion mark in 2012 with revenues of $2.04 billion, up from $1.7 billion in 2011. The company employs 1,400 people in 23 locations in North America. It has one of the largest presences in Mexico of any steel processor, with seven processing sites and a sales office.

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Worthington Steel, Columbus, Ohio—Both a manufacturer and a distributor, Worthington reported revenues from distribution of nearly $1.44 billion in 2012, down from $1.6 billion the previous year. Worthington is broken into three main business segments: Steel Processing, Pressure Cylinders and Engineered Cabs. Earlier this year, the company’s Steel Processing division made a strategic move by becoming the majority owner of Tailor Welded Blanks, its joint venture with ThyssenKrupp. Worthington’s processing division employs 1,280 people at 11 locations.

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Olympic Steel, Cleveland—A new entry to the Top 10, this publicly traded service center company reported $1.38 billion in 2012 revenue, up from $1.26 billion the previous year. Much of the gain is attributable to its 2011 acquisition of Chicago Tube & Iron Co., which allowed Olympic to divide into two units: Flat Products and Tubular and Pipe Products. Olympic further grew its business with the opening of several new and expanded facilities, including a new temper mill in Gary, Ind., in early 2012. Olympic maintains 35 locations, employing 1,850 people.

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Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

2 Ryerson Inc.

Kloeckner Metals Corp.

www.rsac.com

www.ryerson.com

www.kloecknermetals.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $8.44 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $4.025 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $3.5 billion

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN Headquarters: Los Angeles, Calif.

NN Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.

NN Stocking locations: 240 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 105

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A NN Headquarters: Roswell, Ga. NN Stocking locations: 55 totaling

17,200,000 square feet

NN Employees: 11,600 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, N pipe/tube; Aluminum, Copper/Brass flat-roll, N bar/rod/wire, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, N slitting, water-jet cutting, perforating

NN Markets Served: General manufacturing, nonresidential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor, fabrication and related industries

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

NN Employees: N/A NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless, Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Copper/Brass flat-roll, N bar/rod/wire

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, N slitting, water-jet cutting NN Markets Served: Heavy equipment, industrial equipment, industrial fabricators, electrical machinery, transportation N equipment, oil and gas,

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, China, Brazil

Belgium, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, UAE, U.K.

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6,800,000 square feet

NN Employees: 2,500 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; N Stainless flat-roll, plate; Aluminum flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, plasma cutting, stamping, roll forming, bending, plating, galvanizing, tube manufacturing, beam N “T” splitting, blasting, plate rolling NN Markets Served: Construction, energy, machinery, mining, transportation, metal fabrication, heavy equipment, HVAC, automotive, tanks, agriculture, appliance, industrial equipment, electrical NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

The Top 50 generated combined revenues of $51.7 billion in 2012, an increase of just 0.2 percent from the previous year.

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Samuel, Son & Co., Limited

5 ThyssenKrupp Materials NA, Inc.

6 Russel Metals Inc.

www.samuel.com

www.tkmna.thyssenkrupp.com

www.russelmetals.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $3.4 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $3.2 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $3.002 billion

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A NN Headquarters: Mississauga, Ontario,

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN Headquarters: Southfield, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Mississauga, Ontario,

Canada

NN Stocking locations: 104 totaling 4,750,000 square feet

NN Employees: 5,081 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless,

Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Copper/brass bar/rod/wire

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, pickling, rollforming, robotic welding, plasma cutting, painting, machining centers,N configured blanks

NN Stocking locations: 83 totaling 5,400,000 square feet

NN Employees: 3,400 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals; Stainless, N Aluminum, Copper/Brass flat-roll, bar/rod/ wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, machining , grinding, tumbling, kitting, fabricating NN Markets Served: Aerospace, appliances,

NN Markets Served: Energy, automotive, transportation, mining, forestry, agricultural, aerospace

automotive, construction, defense, electrical, electronics and semi-conductor, energy, N medical, oil and gas, truck-trailer

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada,

Australia, China, U.K.

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Canada

NN Stocking locations: 66 totaling 4,057,000 square feet

NN Employees: 3,290 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; N Stainless, Aluminum, Copper/Brass flat-roll, N bar/rod/wire, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting

NN Markets Served: Construction, mining, transportation, agriculture, oil and gas NN Market Area: Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Canada

Mexico; Global

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50 7 O’Neal Industries

8 Steel Technologies LLC

9 Worthington Steel Co.

www.onealind.com

www.steeltechnologies.com

www.worthingtonsteel.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $2.5 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $2.037 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.44 billion

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN Headquarters: Birmingham, Ala.

$2.0 billion

NN Headquarters: Columbus, Ohio

NN Stocking locations: 93 totaling 8,500,000 square feet

NN Employees: 3,700 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless,

NN Headquarters: Louisville, Ky. NN Stocking locations: 23 totaling 3,400,000 square feet

NN Employees: 1,400

Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube, grating

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys,

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, slitting

flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, N shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, welding, painting, forming, machining

NN Markets Served: Automotive, appliance,

NN Markets Served: OEMs, aerospace, fabricators

Stainless flat-roll

HVAC, lawn and garden, agricultural, N construction, consumer goods

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

3,052,000 square feet

NN Employees: 1,280 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, heat treating, leveling, slitting, hot-dip N galvanizing, pickling, cold rolling, edging, N oscillate winding, dry lubing

NN Markets Served: Automotive, agriculture, construction, heavy truck, N appliance, hardware, HVAC, furniture, lawn and garden NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

Europe, Asia, South America

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NN Stocking locations: 11 totaling

Despite years of consolidation, the service center industry remains highly fragmented, as the Top 50 still account for only about 27 percent of the market .

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Olympic Steel Inc.

11 Alro Steel Corp.

12 Coilplus Inc.

www.olysteel.com

www.alro.com

www.coilplus.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.38 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.35 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.3 billion

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): $1.4 billion

NN Headquarters: Bedford Heights, Ohio

NN Headquarters: Jackson, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Rosemont, Ill.

NN Stocking locations: 35 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 49 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 11 totaling

3,605,300 square feet

4,000,000 square feet

1,300,000 square feet

NN Employees: 1,850

NN Employees: N/A

NN Employees: 560

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys,

flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, plate, pipe/tube; N Aluminum flat-roll, plate, pipe/tube; N Copper & Brass pipe/tube

Aluminum, Copper/Brass flat-roll, bar/rod/ wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, N shearing, slitting, machining, blasting,N forming, painting, welding

NN Markets Served: Construction, earthmoving, agricultural equipment, truck-trailer, kitchen appliance

NN Services: Flame/laser cutting, heat

Stainless flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, slitting

treating, sawing, shearing, water-jet cutting, tube laser cutting

NN Markets Served: Automotive,

NN Markets Served: Diversified

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast,

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast,

appliances, HVAC, construction, furniture Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

Midwest U.S., Canada

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest U.S.; Mexico

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Steel Warehouse Co. LLC

Marmon/Keystone Corp.

www.amcastle.com

www.steelwarehouse.com

www.marmonkeystone.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.27 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.2 billion

NN 2012 Revenue: $1.1 billion

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN Headquarters: Oak Brook, Ill. NN Stocking locations: 55 totaling 4,000,000 square feet

NN Employees: 1,800

$1.3 billion

$1.15 billion

NN Headquarters: South Bend, Ind.

NN Headquarters: Butler, Pa.

NN Stocking locations: 10 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 45 totaling

2,000,000 square feet

5,300,000 square feet

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys bar/rod/

NN Employees: 1,500

NN Employees: 1,116

wire, plate, pipe/tube; Stainless flat-roll,N bar/rod/wire, plate, pipe/tube; AluminumN flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structural, plate, N pipe/tube; Copper/Brass bar/rod/wire

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, plate

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys pipe/tube;

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

Stainless bar/rod/wire, pipe/tube; N Aluminum pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Markets Served: Agriculture,

flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, water-jet cutting

NN Markets Served: Aerospace and defense, oil and gas, construction equipment, mining, military and defense, fluid power

flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, shearing, slitting construction, crane, mining, truck, trailer, tubing, fabrication, automotive

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

NN Services: Sawing, complete valueadded packages

NN Markets Served: Manufacturing, automotive, agriculture, heavy machinery,N fluid power

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia

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As large as it is, No. 1-ranked Reliance only commands about a 4 percent market share.

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Kenwal Steel Corp.

17 Central Steel & Wire Co.

18 Heidtman Steel Products Inc.

www.kenwal.com

www.centralsteel.com

www.heidtman.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $905 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $750 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $692 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$900 million

$750 million

$800 million

NN Headquarters: Dearborn, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.

NN Headquarters: Toledo, Ohio

NN Stocking locations: 5 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 6 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 9 totaling

900,000 square feet

2,200,000 square feet

2,000,000 square feet

NN Employees: 390

NN Employees: 1,025

NN Employees: 875

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Aluminum

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll

Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Copper/brass flat-roll, bar/ rod/wire, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Markets Served: Automotive, truck, construction, HVAC, hardware, racks and fixtures, pipe and tube, energy, tank, N lawn and garden

flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-Length/blanking, slitting, pickling, oiling

NN Markets Served: Automotive, lawn and garden, appliance, HVAC, agriculture, energy

NN Market Area: Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, chamfering

NN Markets Served: Agriculture, construction, energy, fluid power, transportation, N electrical equipment, durable goods, N fabricated metals and machinery

leveling, shearing, slitting, pickling, N galvanizing, SCS, edging

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

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50 19 1 Company Cargill Inc. Name

20 2 Triple-S Steel Holdings Inc.

21 3 Norfolk Iron & Metal Co.

www.camlelindustrialmetals.com www.cargill-etm.com

www.sss-steel.com

www.norfolkiron.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $674 2012 Revenue: $1.9 billionmillion 2013 Revenues (projected): 2.0 billion NN 2012

NN 2012 Revenue: $650 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $607 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$700 million NN Headquarers: $1.9 billion N N Headquarters: The Woodlands, Texas NN Stocking locations: 50

N tocking locations: 15 totaling NNN S Total Footage: $1.9 billion

1,200,000 square feet NN Employees: $1.9 billion NN Employees: 300 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, StainN N Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, plate less, Aluminum Products: Carbon/Alloys, NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, Stainless,bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, leveling, slitting, temperflat-rol pass, stretcherN pipe Copper and brass Stainless,bar/ level, pickle and oil plate, pipe Copper and rod/wire, structurals, brass flat-rollServed: Heavy equipment, NN Markets construction, N N Services: transportation, Carbon/Alloys, energy, Stain- tanks,

agricultural, furniture less, Aluminum Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless,bar/rod/wire, plate, NN Market Area: U.S., structurals, Mexico pipe Copper and brass flat-rol Stainless,bar/ rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe Copper and brass flat-roll

NN Markets Served: Carbon/Alloys, Stain-

$640 million

$750 million

NN Headquarters: Houston, Texas

NN Headquarters: Norfolk, Neb.

NN Stocking locations: 19 totaling 2,100,000 square feet

NN Stocking locations: 4 totaling

NN Employees: 850

NN Employees: 620

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Stainless flat-roll, plate; Aluminum bar/rod/ wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Services: Cut-to-length, flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, temper mill cut-to-length

NN Markets Served: Manufacturing, energy, nonresidential construction, N machinery fabrication

NN Market Area: Southeast, South, West U.S.; Mexico; Columbia

1,200,000 square feet

bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, shot blasting, cold-reduction, temper leveling, tube laser cutting

NN Markets Served: Agricultural equipment, OEMs, steel fabricators, job shops, construction, railroad, transportation, steel service center, energy, tanks, industrial equipment, livestock equipment NN Market Area: Midwest U.S.; Canada

less, Aluminum Products: Carbon/Alloys,

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The Top 50 operate about 1,300 stocking locations totaling more than 112 million square Fifteen service center companies topped the $1 billion mark in 2012. feet of warehousing and processing space, down about 15 percent from the previous year.

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Empire Resources Inc.

Mill Steel Co.

24 6 McNeilus Steel Inc.

www.empireresources.com

www.millsteel.com

www.mcneilus.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $539 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $525 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $438 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN Headquarters: Fort Lee, N.J. NN Stocking locations: 2 totaling 250,000 square feet

NN Employees: 65 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate,N pipe/tube; Stainless flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, slitting

NN Markets Served: Transportation, construction, automotive, distribution, marine, packaging

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, Australia, New Zealand

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$575 million

$450 million

NN Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Dodge Center, Minn.

NN Stocking locations: 5 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

525,000 square feet

1,500,000 square feet

NN Employees: 220

NN Employees: 515

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Aluminum

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate,N pipe/tube; Stainless flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, N plate, pipe/tube

leveling, slitting

NN Markets Served: Automotive, construction, appliance, office furniture, energy, farm equipment NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, plate blasting

NN Markets Served: Agriculture, construction

NN Market Area: Midwest U.S., Canada

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50 25 Kelly Pipe Co. LLC

26 Esmark Steel Group

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Majestic Steel USA

www.kellypipe.com

www.steel.esmark.com

www.majesticsteel.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $432 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $425 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $425 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

$475 million

$445 million

NN Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio

NN Headquarters: Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

NN Headquarters: Chicago Heights, Ill.

NN Stocking locations: 16

NN Stocking locations: 9 totaling

330,000 square feet

NN Employees: 295

1,000,000 square feet

NN Employees: 225

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys pipe/tube NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, sawing

NN Markets Served: Energy, infrastructure, water distribution, OEM

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada

NN Employees: 350 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, N pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length, flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, N shearing, slitting, water-jet cutting, N laser-flat sheets, embossing, edging, N fabricating, grinding, toll processing

NN Stocking locations: 8 totaling

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, shearing, slitting

NN Markets Served: HVAC, agriculture, metal building, transportation, appliance, electrical, energy

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

NN Markets Served: OEM, automotive, building and construction, appliances, N containers, racks and shelving NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.

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Service centers comprise the largest customer group for North American mills, buying and reselling almost half of all industrial metal products.

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Eaton Steel Bar Co.

29 Brown-Strauss Steel

30 Triad Metals International

www.eatonsteel.com

www.brown-strauss.com

www.triadmetals.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $400 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $370 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $336 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$400 million

$380 million

NN Headquarters: Oak Park, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Aurora, Colo.

NN Headquarters: Horsham, Pa.

NN Stocking locations: 5 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 7 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 4 totaling

700,000 square feet

275,000 square feet

$330 million

590,000 square feet

NN Employees: 250

NN Employees: 200

NN Employees: 150

NN Products: Carbon/Alloy bar/rod/wire

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys structurals,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

NN Services: Heat treating, sawing,

pipe/tube

structurals, pipe/tube

shearing, cold drawing, turning, N straightening, bar marking, end conditioning

NN Services: Sawing, cambering

NN Services: Sawing, cambering, T-splitting

NN Markets Served: Automotive, truck,

NN Markets Served: Steel fabricators

NN Markets Served: Fabricators, OEMs,

NN Market Area: Midwest, West U.S.;

off-road equipment, agriculture, oil patch, hydraulic hose fittings, hand tools, N military, firearms

Canada

distributors

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest U.S.; Canada

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Europe, South America

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Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.

Ranger Steel Services LP

33 Farwest Steel Corp.

www.lapham-hickey.com

www.rangersteel.com

www.farweststeel.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $310 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $300 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $285 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected): N/A

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$310 million

NN Headquarters: Houston, Texas

NN Headquarters: Chicago, Ill.

NN Stocking locations: 5

NN Stocking locations: 6 totaling

NN Employees: 25

1,000,000 square feet

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys plate

NN Employees: 600

NN Services: None

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

NN Markets Served: Tank builders, heavy

bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Aluminum bar/rod/wire

equipment, energy, ship builders, bridge builders

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

flame/laser cutting, heat treating, leveling, sawing, shearing, slitting, stretch leveling

Central America, South America

$320 million

NN Headquarters: Eugene, Ore. NN Stocking locations: 11 totaling 1,000,000 square feet

NN Employees: 750 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length, flame/lasercutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, structural laser cutting, forming, welding, fitting, punching, drilling, rolling

NN Markets Served: Diversified

NN Markets Served: Heavy equipment/

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast,

machinery manufacturing, wood products, material handling, recycling, transportation, marine, agriculture, energy, construction, military, metal fabrication and related industries

Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

NN Market Area: West U.S.

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Collectively, the Top 50 companies employ about 55,600 workers, down slightly from the previous year.

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Contractors Steel Co.

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Magic Steel Sales LLC

36 Superior Supply & Steel

www.contractorssteel.com

www.magicsteelsales.com

www.supstl.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $276 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $276 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $252 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$276 million

$285 million

$300 million

NN Headquarters: Livonia, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Grand Rapids, Mich.

NN Headquarters: Lake Charles, La.

NN Stocking locations: 5 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 11 on 46 acres

1,300,000 square feet

451,000 square feet

NN Employees: 330

NN Employees: 145

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless

bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/ laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, press braking, rolling, T-splitting, grinding

NN Services: Slitting, metallurgical testing

NN Markets Served: Diversified

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast,

NN Market Area: Midwest U.S., Canada

NN Markets Served: Office furniture, tube, racking, HVAC Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

NN Employees: 240 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube; Stainless flat roll; Aluminum structurals

NN Services: Cut-to-length, flame/laser cutting, leveling, sawing, shearing, surface preparation, coating NN Markets Served: Petrochemical, oil and gas, paper and lumber, ship and barge, storage tanks NN Market Area: Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Mexico; South America

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Liberty Steel Products Inc.

38 Pacesetter Steel Service Inc.

39 Trident Steel Corp.

www.liberty-steel.com

www.teampacesetter.com

www.tridentsteel.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $250 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $245 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $244 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$275 million

$280 million

$217 million

NN Headquarters: North Jackson, Ohio

NN Headquarters: Atlanta, Ga.

NN Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.

NN Stocking locations: 5 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 9

500,000 square feet

300,000 square feet

NN Employees: 200

NN Employees: 142

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Aluminum

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flatroll,

flat-roll, pipe/tube; Stainless flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, shearing, slitting, stamping, welding, painting, chroming, assembly

NN Markets Served: Heavy truck, lawn and garden, consumer goods, office furniture

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

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Stainless flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, slitting, leveling, shearing

NN Markets Served: HVAC, automotive, appliance, construction, railroad, office furniture, commercial refrigeration

NN Employees: N/A NN Products: Carbon/Alloys pipe/tube NN Services: Cut-to-length, heat treating, sawing, threading, coating, inspection

NN Markets Served: Oil and gas exploration and transmission

NN Market Area: U.S.

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico

If the average respondent’s forecast of 5 percent growth holds true, the Top 50 could see their combined revenues hit $54.3 billion this year.

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Adelphia Metals, LLC

41 New Star Metals Inc.

42 Eastern Metal Supply Inc.

www.adelphiametals.com

www.newstarmetals.com

www.easternmetal.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $233 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $225 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $217 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$240 million

NN Headquarters: Cherry Hill, N.J., New Prague, Minn.

NN Stocking locations: 25

$160 million

$238 million

NN Headquarters: Burr Ridge, Ill.

NN Headquarters: Lake Worth, Fla.

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 9 totaling

400,000 square feet

835,000 square feet

NN Employees: 22

NN Employees: 110

NN Employees: 450

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys bar/rod/wire,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll

NN Products: Aluminum flat-roll, bar/rod/

plate

NN Services: Epoxy-coating, galvanizing NN Markets Served: Rebar, construction NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South, West

NN Services: Slitting, electro-galvanizing, painting

NN Markets Served: Automotive, appliance, agriculture, construction, container

NN Market Area: Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Canada

wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, shearing, machining, punching, drilling, N welding, general fabrication and assembly

NN Markets Served: Building and construction, machinery and equipment, consumer durables, transportation, electrical

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Caribbean

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American Piping Products Inc.

McNichols Co.

www.tubularsteel.com

www.amerpipe.com

www.mcnichols.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $207 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $185 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $167 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$200 million

$185 million

$180 million

NN Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.

NN Headquarters: St. Louis, Mo.

NN Headquarters: Tampa, Fla.

NN Stocking locations: 7 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 2

NN Stocking locations: 18 totaling

700,000 square feet

NN Employees: 350 NN Products: Carbon/Alloys structurals, pipe/tube; Stainless pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length, flame/laser cutting, heat treating, sawing, shearing, N machining, bending, forming, welding, N beveling

622,000 square feet

NN Employees: 85

NN Employees: 332

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys, Stainless

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll,

pipe/tube

structurals, plate; Stainless flat-roll, plate; Aluminum flat-roll, plate, pipe/tube; N Copper/Brass flat-roll

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, flame/laser cutting

NN Markets Served: Petrochemical

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking,

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Intl.

sawing, shearing, welding, CAD services

NN Markets Served: Construction,

NN Markets Served: Oil and gas, agricultural equipment, construction equipment, energy, mobile and non-mobile equipment

manufacturing, fabricators, metal industries, architectural, commmercial, industrial

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico, Global

Global

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Collectively, the industry’s Top 50 market leaders still have a long way to go to regain the $60 billion peak they achieved in 2008.

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Monarch Steel Co. Inc.

47 Cambridge-Lee Industries LLC

47

TIE

Ratner Steel

www.monarchsteel.com

www.camleeindustrialmetals.com

www.ratnersteel.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $166 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $150 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $150 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$175 million

$158 million

$200 million

NN Headquarters: Cleveland, Ohio

NN Headquarters: Reading, Pa.

NN Headquarters: Minneapolis, Minn.

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 10 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 2 totaling

320,000 square feet

125,000 square feet

250,000 square feet

NN Employees: 99

NN Employees: 60

NN Employees: 100

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, plate,

NN Products: Stainless, Aluminum flat-roll,

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll

bar/rod/wire; Copper/Brass flat-roll, bar/rod/ wire, structurals, plate, pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, slitting,

NN Services: Sawing, shearing, slitting,

NN Markets Served: Agriculture, energy,

pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, shearing, slitting

NN Markets Served: Automotive, lawn and garden, rail

NN Market Area: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.; Canada; Mexico

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chamfering, coning of rod products

NN Markets Served: Architectural, electronic transmission, power distribution, screw machinery, welding

stretcher leveling service centers

NN Market Area: Midwest U.S.

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada

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Unimet Metal Supply Inc.

Friedman Industries Inc.

www.unimetmetalsupply.com

www.friedmanindustries.com

NN 2012 Revenue: $140 million

NN 2012 Revenue: $136 million

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

NN 2013 Revenues (projected):

$154 million

$136 million

NN Headquarters: Parsippany, N.J.

NN Headquarters: Houston, Texas

NN Stocking locations: 8 totaling

NN Stocking locations: 3 totaling

250,000 square feet

208,860 square feet

NN Employees: 125

NN Employees: 100

NN Products: Stainless, Aluminum flat-roll;

NN Products: Carbon/Alloys flat-roll, plate,

Copper/Brass flat-roll, bar/rod/wire, N pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, leveling, shearing, slitting

NN Markets Served: Electronics, transportation, building and construction, OEMs, signage

NN Market Area: U.S., Canada, Mexico,

pipe/tube

NN Services: Cut-to-length/blanking, tempering

NN Markets Served: Transportation, rail,

Nonrespondents, Honorable Mentions Companies declining to supply data for this year’s ranking included Penn Stainless Products Inc., formerly ranked No. 48. Saginaw Pipe Co. Inc. and Petersen Aluminum Corp., which fell just outside this year’s Top 50, receive honorable mentions.

oil and gas, agricultural equipment, commercial equipment, construction

NN Market Area: Southeast, Midwest, South U.S.

Caribbean

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