Service Center News

Wieland has further expanded its growing U.S. holdings with the acquisition of Morgan Bronze Products. Lake Zurich, Ill.-based Morgan is a manufacturer of finished parts and components, with a focus on copper-based and high-performing alloys.

Flack Global Metals and Pacesetter Steel Service have completed of FGM’s acquisition of a majority ownership stake in Pacesetter’s business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

John Schave has been named president of Wisconsin Steel & Tube, Milwaukee. He is just the fourth president in the history of the company, which was founded in 1952.

Kreher Steel Co., a Chicago-based metals distribution company with more than 40 years of experience in the industry, has acquired Ritchey Metals Company. This acquisition marks a strategic milestone for Kreher Steel Co., expanding its manufacturing footprint and enhancing its product offerings for customers and suppliers as it adds more than 120,000 tons of annual alloy output capacity.

Grand Steel, a flat-rolled steel service center and distributor, has acquired and launched a new toll processing facility in Chattanooga, Tenn. This strategic expansion builds on the company’s already successful presence in Clinton, Tenn., and significantly strengthens Grand Steel’s capabilities in the Southern region.

VOSS Special Steel LP, a supplier of high-quality special steels forged flat bar for precision engineering fabricators, machine shops and mills, has expanded into the North American market with a warehouse in Beaumont, Texas. The warehouse includes new machinery, while a new website has been created to support the development.

Mill Steel Co., one of the nation’s largest distributors of flat-rolled carbon steel, stainless steel and aluminum, has made a series of tstrategic promotions within its senior leadership team. These changes are part of the company’s ongoing organizational transformation, reflecting its unwavering commitment to enhancing customer service and driving continued growth, the company said.

Eastern Metal Supply Inc., one of the largest value-added distributors of aluminum products in the U.S., has acquired the assets of Aluminum Products Wholesale. APW is a Jacksonville, Fla.-based distributor of aluminum extrusions, beams, screens and other related products used in the installation and repair of patio enclosures and screen rooms.

Triple-S Steel Holdings Inc. has acquired the assets of Borrmann Metals service centers in Burbank and Riverside, Calif., plus the assets of Contractors Steel in the Phoenix area.

Beacon, a leading publicly traded wholesale distributor specializing in roofing, waterproofing and related exterior products, has completed the acquisition of Chicago Metal Supply & Fabrication Inc., located in Chicago’s Hanson Park neighborhood.