Russel Metals

Russel Metals Inc.
Public (TSX: RUS)
Industry Metal Products
Founded 1785
1916 (incorporated)
Headquarters Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Website www.russelmetals.com

Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS) is one of the largest North American suppliers of metal products, with operations across Canada and the United States.[1]

The company was originally established in 1785 by John Russel ( a Scottish immigrant to Canada) as John Russel & Co. The company was formally incorporated in 1916 as Hugh Russel & Sons Ltd. The company started to expand into the United States in 1979,[2] Until 1997 Russell Metals was the owner of the Yukon and White Pass Railroad which shipped freight between Whitehorse, Yukon Territory and Skagway, Alaska.

Subsidiaries

Today the company operates under the following subsidiaries:[3]

Canada

  • Russel Metals,
  • A. J. Forsyth,
  • Alberta Industrial Metals,
  • Arrow Steel Processors,
  • Apex Distribution,
  • Apex Monarch,
  • Apex Western Fiberglass,
  • B&T Steel,
  • Milspec,
  • Métaux Russel,
  • Mégantic Métal,
  • Acier Leroux,
  • Leroux Steel,
  • McCabe Steel,
  • Métaux Russel Produits Spécialisés,
  • Russel Metals Specialty Products,
  • Acier Loubier,
  • York- Ennis,
  • Wirth Steel,
  • Comco Pipe & Supply,
  • Siemens Laserworks,
  • Fedmet Tubulars and
  • Triumph Tubular & Supply;

United States

  • Russel Metals Williams Bahcall,
  • Apex Remington,
  • Baldwin International,
  • JMS Russel Metals Corp,
  • Norton Metals,
  • Sunbelt Group,
  • Pioneer Pipe and
  • Spartan Steel Products.

References and footnotes

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