PDM entered the steel service center industry in California with its 1954 acquisition of the Proctor-James Steel Company in San Jose. In 1955 Kyle and Company, with facilities at Fresno, Stockton and Sacramento was added. With four service centers, PDM was able to provide outstanding service throughout central and northern California.In 1962, new facilities were constructed at Fresno, California giving improved service to customers in the central California area. Recognizing the great potential for its products and services, the Company established a fifth service center in the Reno/Sparks area of Nevada in 1963. In 1968, the new service center facilities at Fresno and Sacramento and the existing facilities at Santa Clara and Sparks were greatly augmented by the completion of the semi-automated center at Stockton.The latest in material handling fixtures and equipment were used in the Stockton facility. Steel is stacked 24' in the air on specially constructed racks. Stacker Cranes are used to handle the material in the racks. The Stacker Cranes move the material from the order storage areas to delivery trucks.To provide the greatest possible service and selection for our customers, the "Common Inventory Concept" was established. This gave all customers access to the total company inventory at all locations.Under the Common Inventory Concept, Stockton is the geographical hub of the Service Wheel with spokes running north to Sacramento, east to Reno and Spanish Fork, south to Fresno, and west to Santa Clara. The "Interplant Transfer System" moves this Common Inventory from one location to another, allowing short lead-time delivery of most items regardless of the inventory source. The efficiency and success of this system has proven to be an important benefit to our customers.A new service center was established in Spanish Fork, Utah, south of Salt Lake City, in 1977. As customer demands for "pre-production processing" grew, new processing equipment was installed at all facilities. Shears, automatic saws, and shape burning equipment that can virtually burn in steel anything that can be drawn in two dimensions, are available at each center. Plasma cutting equipment allows shapes to be cut in material which is too thin to be cut with conventional flame cutting equipment. Computer aided design and CNC have made possible the burning of shapes too large to fit on paper and too complex to be easily laid out on a drafting table, while at the same time allowing for the efficient "nesting" of burned parts for reduced scrap loss.

Peerless Steel Company prides itself as the leading service center in Michigan, specializing in the distribution of the finest quality product. Peerless Steel has a large inventory of carbon, alloy, and tool steels, as well as plate product. Peerless Steel Company has established operations in Troy, Saginaw and Grandville, Michigan. Fast, accurate, and friendly services are provided to customers across North America.In 1995, Peerless Steel Company celebrated its 50th year in business. Peerless Steel has experienced constant growth as it continually gains market share in the metal products industry. This growth trend has accelerated in recent years as a result of customers recognizing Peerless Steel Company's capabilities. Not only will the customer have access to a wide range of grades and sizes, but will also benefit from Peerless's ability to process to exact specifications and still provide next day delivery.

Plymouth Tube manufactures alloy, carbon, and stainless steel tubing at its network of metalworking mills. The company's Plymouth Extruded Shapes unit makes near-net extruded shapes in alloy, carbon, and stainless steel, as well as in nickel-based alloy and titanium. It acquired Trent Tube from Crucible Materials in 2007; the new subsidiary has two facilities in the US. Plymouth Tube operates from facilities throughout US. It was founded in 1924

Wesco Financial chooses Precision Steel Warehouse (PSW). The Wesco subsidiary is a steel service center, a sort of middle man that buys steel directly from manufacturers and then processes it to sell in smaller batches to other businesses. Products -- including carbon and alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminum, and brass -- are sold to a wide range of customers; PSW also offers services such as blanking, cut-to-length, edging, leveling, shearing, and slitting. Precision Steel Warehouse company operates from locations in Illinois and North Carolina. Wesco is primarily owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway.

Precision Strip was founded in 1977 in Minster, Ohio. Over the past 33 years we have grown to eleven locations throughout Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Alabama, as well as our newest operation in Monterrey, Mexico. Our facilities include three million square feet of building space housing 24 slitting lines, nine cut-to-length lines, five oscillate slit lines, one edge conditioning line, one blanking line, one gang slitter, and one perforating line. Each of our plants is strategically located to provide JIT warehousing and delivery service to the automotive, appliance, industrial products, and beverage can industries.All of our facilities are equipped to ship or receive your material by truck or rail. Precision Strip's fleet of over 200 tractor-trailers provides just-in-time delivery service to facilities within a 200-mile radius of our plants, ensuring seamless service, from storage, to processing, to delivery. We take full responsibility for getting your material to you, the way you need it, when you need it. As our customers often tell us, "Precision Strip is easy to do business with".

Premier Steel processes and distributes flat bar and plate products made from hot-rolled carbon and alloy steels. It operates from facilities in Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Premier Steel company also acts as a sales agent for the Norwegian Fundia Profiler, a supplier of steel products for shipbuilders. Premier Steel was founded in 1992 by president and CEO Steven Bergman.

PTC Alliance is a leading manufacturer and marketer of welded and cold drawn mechanical steel tubing and tubular shapes, fabricated parts and precision components. Major markets include steel service centers, automotive and truck, construction and agricultural equipment, machinery and appliances. To optimize service levels for each of theses sectors, the company has created three distinct, market-focused commercial groups - Automotive and Truck, Service Centers, and OEM - each with a dedicated team of experienced specialists.With ten strategically located tube facilities in North America, manufacturing locations are close to the customers, minimizing shipping time and expense. Multiple locations also ensure maximum flexibility in production planning, a major advantage when lead times are particularly short, or customer emergencies arise. Technology sharing among all producing plants, adoption of "best practices" throughout the manufacturing network, and dedicated employee-owners are enabling each operation to become the highest-quality, lowest-cost producer within its tube-manufacturing range.Because consistent product quality, shipment after shipment, is a major priority for every customer, PTC Alliance has invested heavily in the development and implementation of a Quality System designed to provide that consistency, while ensuring full compliance with ISO 9002 and QS 9000 requirements.Tubing products produced in North America include: high-quality ERW tubing, ERW hot stretched reduced (HSR) tubing, drawn-over-mandrel (DOM) tubing, 512 PLUS mechanical tubing, and fabricated tubular products. Through the integration of all North American manufacturing facilities, mechanical steel tubing is now available in sizes ranging from outside diameters of .625 inches to 10.75 inches, and walls from .035 inches to .700 inches. Comprehensive capabilities in finishing and fabricating are also a company hallmark, and the PTC Alliance Value added Parts and Components Group can provide additional metalworking services - from single parts to partial or complete assemblies - that can shorten lead time, improve product quality, reduce inventory and provide measurable cost savings.Engineering solutions for some of today's most demanding manufacturing challenges is business as usual at PTC Alliance, where an ongoing commitment to customer satisfaction is shared by every engineer, every operator, and every sales and customer representative.

Rasselstein is the only German tinplate manufacturer and one of the three largest European tinplate suppliers. Rasselstein company holds a market share of more than 5% globally, 15% in Europe, and 50% in Germany. Rasselstein's products are divided into five major lines-- tinplate, electrolytic chromium coated steel, organically coated material (lacquered, printed or film-laminated), black plate, and full hard material. The material is used to produce cans for food, beverages, paints and lacquers, aerosols, and closures. Rasselstein company produces close to 1.5 million tons of coated and uncoated products annually. Rasselstein serves about 400 customers in some 80 countries worldwide. It is a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Steel.

At RathGibson, we realize the importance of connections. Each of our employees is connected to the other in the knowledge that what one does affects the company as a whole. Offering only the finest products and services keeps our company connected to our customers in the realization that our success is wholly contingent on helping them achieve their success. From our humble beginnings, we have evolved into a worldwide presence, thanks to our employees who continually excel at every challenge, as well as to our customers, who value our old-fashioned hard work and newest technologies.

Rautaruukki (Ruukki) has meddled its way into the metal industry. The company's metals division -- about half of sales -- makes hot-rolled plate, cold-rolled and coated strip, and tubular steel products. Its construction division makes metal products such as facades, floors, frames, and roof structures. Ruukki's engineering division makes integrated metal used by the marine and offshore, pulp and paper, and the lifting and transport equipment sectors. Rautaruukki Oyj company also produces metal made into axle components, side-impact beams, appliances, air conditioning, and heating equipment by the automotive, household, and light engineering industries. The Finnish government owns 40% of Ruukki.

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