December 6, 2006

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Los Angeles, CA, has agreed to buy Industrial Metals and Surplus, Inc., a metals service center headquartered in Atlanta, GA, and a related company, Athens Steel, Inc. Athens, GA. Industrial Metals was founded in 1978 and specializes in the processing and distribution of carbon steel structurals, flat-rolled and ornamental iron […]

An explosion has destroyed two Falk Corp. buildings in downtown Milwaukee, leaving three people dead and at least 46 injured. Falk is owned by Rexnord Corp. According to news reports, the blast originated in a 170,000-pound propane tank at a Falk Corp. parts distribution center, which was destroyed in the blast. Employees reportedly detected a leak and