Service Center News

O’Neal Industries, Birmingham, Ala., has appointed Ruffner Page as President and COO effective June 1, 2022. He has served on ONI’s Board since 2016.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Senior Vice President Michael P. Shanley will retire at the end of the year. In advance of his retirement, he will transition to the role of special advisor, effective July 1.

Red Bud has received an order for a Precision Blanking Line and a Light Gauge Slitting Line from Quality Metals to be installed in the company’s new facility in San Antonio, Texas.

Sean Duffy has been appointed regional sales manager for the Northeast Region by BLM Group USA, a leader in the manufacture of tube and flat sheet processing solutions. In this role, he will be responsible for sales development and customer relations in Delaware, New York, New Jersey and all of New England.

Metal Exchange Corp., a St. Louis-based leader in the purchasing, processing, and manufacturing of nonferrous metals, acquired Medalco Metals Inc., a distributor of light gauge aluminum rolled products. Formed in 2003, Medalco has successfully positioned itself as a strategic partner serving a diverse customer base in the growing automotive, building and flex, and HVAC markets. Medalco will operate as a division of Metal Exchange Corporation.

Several companies received Metals Service Center Institute’s annual 2021 Safety Innovation and Culture Improvement awards, which recognize metals organizations that develop innovative approaches to drive safety improvement towards a zero-harm environment.

Join the Association of Steel Distributors (ASD) for an exciting networking event. May 18, 2022 at Medinah, Ill.

Specialty metals supplier United Performance Metals, Cincinnati, has unveiled its new additive manufacturing solutions center in Hamilton, Ohio.

Olympic Steel Inc., Cleveland, reported record sales of $696 million in the first quarter. Sales were up more than 96 percent from the same quarter in 2021.

Jennifer Betts has joined Flack Global Metals as senior vice president of business development. Flack Global Metals is a domestic flat-rolled metals distributor and supply chain manager, international commodities trader, and a global hedge fund.