5. Russel Metals Inc., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2008 sales: $3.15 billion (2007, $2.40 billion)
Stocking locations: 70 (2007, 75)
Warehouse space (sq. ft.): 4 million
Delivery fleet: 321
Products: Carbon & alloy steels (sheet, plate, bars, pipe & tube, structurals), stainless steels, specialty steels; copper (sheet, plate, rod & bar), brass mill products (sheet, plate, rod & bar, pipe & tube), aluminum (sheet, plate, extrusions, rod & bar, tubing), chain; water well goods
Markets served: Transportation (rail, ship & barge), machinery, commercial & electrical equipment, appliances, agriculture, oil & gas, military, industrial fasteners, construction, tools & contractors’ products, mining, lumbering & quarrying
Processing services: Cut-to-length, leveling, shearing, blanking, cutting & sawing, bending, roll forming; machining, welding
Stocking regions: Midwest, Rockies, Southeast, Southwest; Atlantic Maritimes, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba & Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia
Operating subsidiaries: A-J Forsyth, Acier Leroux, B&T Steel, Baldwin International, Comco Pipe, Federal Tubulars, Metaux Russel, Milspec Industries, McCabe Steel, Norton Metal Products, Pioneer Pipe, JMS Russel Metals, Russel Metals, William Bahcall, Spartan Steel Products, Sunbelt Group, Triumph Tubulars, Wirth Steel, York Ennis
