Macsteel Service Centers USA is owned by Macsteel Holdings of South Africa. Macsteel Holdings includes the Macsteel Service Center Group, which is one of the world's largest service center organizations, and South Africa's leading and most extensive distributor of steel value added products.

The South African based holding company is also well known through its joint venture company, Macsteel International, the steel trading giant which is responsible for the marketing of ArcelorMittal SA export production and additionally enjoys various joint venture relationships with other producers.

Today, Macsteel Service Centers USA is one of the leading metals processors and distributors in North America. That achievement didn't occur by happenstance but rather through a well-planned approach of growth by acquisition and by adding value for our customers.

Macsteel Service Centers USA's presence in North America came to be in 1983 and 1985 when South African-based holding company, Macsteel acquired a major US-headquartered groups - Ferro Union, a large steel warehousing and processing operation, and Associated Metals and Minerals Corp., a worldwide trading organization with offices in the major steel source and supply markets.

In 1995, Macsteel acquired Usinor's Edgcomb Metals service center group and joined the two companies, Edgcomb and Ferro Union under the umbrella name Macsteel Service Centers USA, Inc. Acquisitions continued in 2001 and 2002, with the purchase of the assets of Bellesteel and the acquisition of Baldwin Steel from Duferco. The acquisitions of structural steel specialist Regal Steel Supply from Corus was completed in 2003.
On January 1, 2004, all of the operating entities began operating as one powerhouse under the name Macsteel Service Centers USA. In February, 2004 Hokin-Katz, a well-established flat-roll processor located in Los Angeles was purchased and brought under the Macsteel Service Centers umbrella. More recently, in the latter part of 2005, Alpha Steel and Alpha Processing Inc., heavy gauge steel processors based in Chicago, became the newest members of the Macsteel Service Centers USA family.
Macsteel Service Centers USA, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary, is today ranked among the ten largest metals service centers in North America.

Corporate Headquarters:

Newport Beach, California, about 45 miles south of Los Angeles
Address: 888 San Clemente Drive, Suite 250, Newport Beach, CA 92660
Phone: 949-219-9000
Toll Free: 1-888-MACSTEEL

Corporate Administrative Offices:

Bensalem, PA, about 20 miles north of Philadelphia
Address: 555 State Road, Bensalem, PA 19020
Phone: 215-245-3300

For Media inquiries contact:
Deanna Goulazian
Director of Corporate Communications
Phone: 215-244-3288
Email: dgoulazian@macsteelusa.com

Employees: Approx. 1,600

Metals Service Center Industry: Metals service centers are businesses that inventory and distribute metals for industrial customers and perform first-stage processing The metals service center industry is one of North America's fastest growing and least well known industries. Throughout the world, service centers are the critical link in the supply chain connecting steel mills to manufacturers. Steel mills and other metal producers make metal in specific sizes and grades. Service centers add value and help manufacturers remain internationally competitive by inventorying metals and processing them to specific sizes, shapes and strengths. Metals service centers constitute the largest single group of metals purchasers in North America, amounting each year to more than 75 million tons of steel, aluminum and other metals, with about 300,000 manufacturers and fabricators as customers.

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