2. Ryerson Inc., Chicago, Ill.
2008 sales: $5.3 billion (2007, $6.0 billion)
Stocking locations: 87 (2007, 95)
Warehouse space (sq. ft.): 8.56 million
Delivery fleet: 660
Products: Carbon & alloy steels (sheet, plate, bars, pipe & tube, structurals), stainless steels, specialty steels; copper (sheet, plate, rod & bar, tubulars), brass mill products (sheet, plate, rod & bar, pipe & tube), aluminum (sheet, plate, extrusions, rod & bar, tubing), nickel alloys (sheet, plate, bars)
Processing services: Cut-to-length, leveling, shearing, slitting, blanking, cutting & sawing, bending, roll forming, machining, welding, heat treating, polishing, coating & plating; plasma, laser, oxy-fuel burning, thermo-cutting; fabrication
Markets served: Transportation (automotive, rail, ship & barge, air & space), machinery, oil & gas, agriculture, commercial & electrical equipment, appliances, military, industrial fasteners, construction, tools & contractors’ products, mining, lumbering & quarrying
Stocking regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, Rockies, Southeast, Southwest, West; Atlantic Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba & Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia; Asia, India
