Steel stockholders in the UK

Steel Stockholders are companies, organisations or even individuals who buy and sell steel to various industries such as the automobile industry, aircraft industry and the engineering industry.

Steel stockholders will stock many thousands of tonnes of structural steel products which serve the UK, European and world markets. Most steel stockholders will have a modern fleet of heavy goods vehicles which enables them to deliver their products throughout the UK normally within 24hrs.

Steel stock consists of many different types of steels and structural steel products and some of these may include:

o Universal beams: Universal columns o Equal angles: Unequal angles o Bearing plates: Plates o Parallel flange channels o Cold formed circles: Cold formed squares: Cold formed rectangles o Hot finished circles: Hot finished squares: Hot finished rectangles

Some stockholders may offer other services and these may include:

o Saw cutting o Shotblasting o Painting o Drilling o Power tools & industrial safety wear

Some long standing stockholders can supply steel with specialist specifications such as steel with British Standard BS970 specifications and BS EN ISO 4957 grades.

Stock can include tool steel specifications suitable for cold work, hot work and plastic mould applications. Also ground tool steel products including silver steel and ground flat stock.

There are many different types of steel and steel products available and some of these may include;

o Engineering steel o Carbon & alloy steel o Key steel o Spring steel o Cast iron o Tool bits and precision ground steel bar.

Some steel stockholders may offer a wide range of services including band sawing facilities for cutting steel blanks, profiled sheet and plate metal.