8. Macsteel Service Centers USA, Newport Beach, Calif.
2008 sales: $2.2 billion (2007, $1.9 billion)
Stocking locations: 37 (2007, 35)
Warehouse space (sq. ft.): 3.26 million
Products: Carbon & alloy steels (sheet, plate, bars, pipe, tube, structurals), stainless steels, specialty steels, enameling steels, tin mill products; aluminum (sheet, plate, extrusions, rod & rod, tubing); prepainted metals, textured metals
Processing services: Cut-to-length, leveling, shearing, slitting, blanking, cutting & sawing, bending, roll forming, machining, welding, heat treating, polishing, coating & plating, embossing, door skin stamping, hot-dip galvanizing, tube manufacturing; thermal cutting, shot blasting, plasma cutting, beam t-splitting
Markets served: Transportation (automotive, air & space, rail, ship & barge), oil & gas, machinery, agriculture, appliances, electrical & commercial equipment, military, industrial fasteners, construction, tools & contractors’ products, mining, lumbering & quarrying.
Stocking regions: Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, Rockies, Southeast, Southwest, West, Mexico, Puerto Rico
Operating subsidiaries: California Steel & Tube, Macsteel Service Centers de Mexico
