14. A.M. Castle & Co., Franklin Park, Ill.
2008 sales: $1.385 billion (2007, $1.305 billion)
Stocking locations: 36 (2007, 36)
Warehouse space (sq. ft.): 3.44 million
Delivery fleet: 121
Products: Carbon & alloy steels (plate, bars, pipe, tube), stainless steels, specialty steels, brass mill rod & bar, aluminum sheet, plate, extrusions, rod & bar and tubing, superalloys, titanium & alloys, nickel alloys; industrial plastics
Processing services: Cut-to-length, leveling, shearing, cutting & sawing, heat-treating, polishing, laser-cutting, water jet-cutting
Markets served: Transportation (air & space, rail), machinery, oil & gas, agriculture, electrical & commercial equipment, military, construction, tools & contractors’ products, mining, lumbering & quarrying
Stocking regions: Northeast, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Plains, Southeast, Southwest, West; Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba & Saskatchewan, Alberta & British Columbia; Mexico, Europe, Asia
Operating subsidiaries: Total Plastics Inc.
