V & M Star wants to be the shining celestial body of the steel tubing industry. V & M Star company manufactures hot-rolled seamless steel tubes such as couplings, line pipe, oil country tubular goods (OCTG), and structurals, which are primarily used in the oil and gas industry. V & M Star owns two facilities; the Ohio plant includes an electric arc furnace, and the Texas plant operates heat treatment facilities. OCTG products account for two-thirds of the company's 500,000 ton annual output. It is a subsidiary of Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes Corporation, which in turn, is the US subsidiary of worldwide steel tubing producer Vallourec S.A. V & M Star was established in 2002.

Vale S.A., through its subsidiaries, operates as a diversified metals and mining company worldwide. Vale company produces iron ore and iron ore pellets, nickel, manganese ore, ferroalloys, kaolin, and pig iron. It also engages in producing bauxite, alumina, aluminum, copper, metallurgical and thermal coal, metallurgical coke and methanol, cobalt, potash, and other non-ferrous minerals, as well as precious metals, including platinum-group metals, gold, and silver. In addition, Vale company operates logistics systems in Brazil, including railroads, maritime terminals, and a port. Further, it engages in power generation through hydro and oil and gas resources; and steel production. Vale company was formerly known as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce. Vale S.A. was founded in 1942 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Vallourec is out to steel its clients' businesses -- Vallourec company ranks among the world's top producers of steel tubing. It caters to oil and gas, automotive, and mechanical engineering customers worldwide. Vallourec's seamless tubes unit makes welded and drawn tubes primarily for the energy industry, while its automotive and specialty products division makes tubes and stainless steel products for the auto industry, among others. Its Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes subsidiary produces seamless tubes. Following a few years of acquisitions, divestitures, and general reorganization, the energy sector (inclusive of the oil & gas and power generation markets) accounts for around two-thirds of Vallourec's sales.

voestalpine produces steel in various forms for the automotive and auto supply, rail, refrigeration and cooling, and furniture industries. The company's Bahnsysteme unit serves the railway industry with the manufacture of rails, pipes, wires, and tubes used in rail systems. voestalpine also engineers and manufactures automotive body-in-white components and tool-making parts, while its Stahl division produces flat-steel products. The company's profilform division makes light steel sections, special sections, and tube products. In 2008 voestalpine company acquired specialty steel maker BOHLER-UDDEHOLM.

Waukesha Foundry produces cast components in a variety of materials, including corrosion- and heat-resistant stainless steels, tool steels, and nickel- and copper-base alloys. Waukesha Foundry company also provides machining and fabrication services. Products include industrial furnace fittings, tooling, and parts for industrial equipment. Milwaukee private equity firm Facilitator Capital Fund owns Waukesha Foundry, which was founded in 1912. Facilitator Capital bought Waukesha Foundry company in 1999 and has expanded the business by buying other foundry operations and merging them into Waukesha Foundry.

Established in 1986, Wheeling-Nisshin, Inc. began as an international joint venture between Nisshin Steel Co., Ltd. of Japan, a leading Japanese integrated steelmaker specializing in coated and stainless steel, and Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, one of the leading American steel mills. In March of 2008, Nisshin Steel acquired all outstanding shares formerly held by Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Corporation to strengthen its control over Wheeling-Nisshin and enable Wheeling-Nisshin to achieve further growth as Nisshin Steel's main hub in the U.S. coated steel market. In Follansbee, West Virginia, ground was broken on December 13, 1986, for the construction of the first hot-dip Aluminizing and Galvanizing Line (AGL). And, in April 1988, Wheeling-Nisshin started to operate its AGL, which is the country's first fully computerized, state-of-the-art steel-coating facility.In addition to the AGL, which has been operating successfully since 1988, we completed in 1993 a further advanced Continuous Galvanizing Line (CGL), which allows us to broaden our product selection and increase output. CGL is the nation's first high speed, hot-dip line specializing in light-gauge coated products.Wheeling-Nisshin has now become one of the largest hot-dip coating mills, producing 700,000 tons a year of quality products: AGL-400,000 tons; CGL-300,000 tons. Our products are used for various automotive, appliance, building and construction applications.It is Wheeling-Nisshin's goal to produce coated steel products with maximum efficiency and continuous quality control, to provide superior service to our customers, to create a pleasant, productive and safe workplace for our employees, and to stimulate the economy, while protecting the environment of the surrounding communities.

Wirerope Works manufactures wire rope for use in construction, elevators, logging, mining, oil production, and ski lifts. It operates manufacturing plants in Sunbury and Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and maintains distribution facilities throughout the US. The company's products are sold under the brand name Bethlehem Wire Rope, which harkens back to the company's former status as a subsidiary of Bethlehem Steel. Wirerope Works was founded as Morrison Patent Wire Rope Company in 1886; in 2004 the current iteration was formed from the combination of two Pennsylvania wire manufacturers, Williamsport Wirerope Works and Paulsen Wire Rope.

Worthington Industries has three primary business units and nine joint ventures. We operate as one company, which adds value for our customers through complete program management and shared expertise.Worthington Industries manages its business in a hub and spoke model; all of our business segments relate to our steel processing core competency. Worthington Steel serves as the hub in our model, and all other business segments and joint ventures fit in as spokes, meaning they all consume flat rolled steel.This model has helped Worthington Industries establish industry leadership in the steel processing, metal framing and pressure cylinders markets. In addition, joint ventures create innovative partnerships that complement our focus on metals-related markets. Integrated Building Systems, Steelpac Systems and Gerstenslager round out out our offering with construction services, custom shipping pallets and platforms and past model automotive body panels respectively.

Through its various subsidiaries, Yamato Kogyo manufactures steel products, railway track materials, and heavy-duty fabricated products. The company's main steel products include cast steel products, elevator guide rails, hot- rolled shapes, spliced H-shapes, and shapes for shipbuilding. Yamato Korea Steel makes concrete reinforcing bar, which is used in the construction industry. Products made by the Yamato Trackwork System unit include expansion joints, fishplate, rack rails, railroad bolts, and railroad scissor crossings. Nucor-Yamato is a joint venture between Yamato Kogyo and Nucor Corporation. Yamato Kogyo also operates Siam Yamato Steel as a partnership with Siam Cement.

Craig Yarde founded Yarde Metals Inc. in 1976 when he established a small office in the basement of his home in Bristol, CT and began brokering metal over the phone with $1000 from the sale of his motorcycle! The phones seldom rang and were usually answered by his wife or his three year old daughter. Metal orders were picked up and delivered by family members in his station wagon. Craig partnered with his brother, Bruce Yarde, the following year and moved into a small rented factory on South Street in Bristol, CT. In 1986, Yarde Metals moved to an 85,000 square foot facility to accommodate the growing product line, services and sales. The company quickly outgrew this space and moved to a completely renovated state of the art 500,000 square foot facility in Southington, CT in June of 2003. Our corporate headquarters is more like a museum than a distribution warehouse and its unique style supports Craig's out-of-the-box business philosophy that has facilitated his success. Yarde Metals now has nine service centers in addition to its corporate headquarters. They are located in: Albany, New York; Happauge, New York; Syracuse, New York; Pelham, New Hampshire; High Point, North Carolina; Streetsboro, Ohio; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Mendon, Massachusetts;. Yarde Metals has expanded internationally throughout Europe and Asia and processes the majority of international business through our Happauge, New York facility as well as our corporate headquarters. We have representatives in Korea and China to help support our international sales business.

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