About Metalwest

Metalwest was founded in 1986 by the Begin family and prides itself on providing its customers with expert product knowledge, fast and efficient distribution, and value that is unprecedented in the industry.  As a steel service center and metal supplier that has 12 strategically positioned locations nationwide that process and distribute steel, you receive what you need, when you need it.  

In 1997 Metalwest joined the nation’s largest family-owned metals service center in the United States, O’Neal Steel.  As a member of the O’Neal Family of Companies, Metalwest brings you the strength and support of the whole O’Neal family of companies. Together as a family, we offer you service and added value unlike any other service center.  Separately we are leaders in our field and together we bring you the combined purchasing power of nine companies and more than 80 locations in North America, Europe, and Asia.  After 25 years of supplying more than just metal, Metalwest understands what service really means.  Let us show you the Metalwest way of doing business.

 

Meet the O'Neal Family of Companies:

Working individually, on a consultative basis, or in partnership, the companies that comprise the O'Neal Industrial Metals Group (IMG) can answer customers' needs in ways no ordinary metal service center can. O'Neal IMG consists of O'Neal Steel, Metalwest, Leeco Steel, and TAD Metals.  Together, they offer a network of strategically located operations and large, diverse inventories of both ferrous and non-ferrous metal products, as well as efficient, innovative customer solutions for everything from purchasing and processing to metallurgy and delivery.




The O'Neal High-Performance Metals Group (HPMG) is composed of four of the world's leading suppliers and consultants in the high-performance/high-temperature metals market. Aerodyne Alloys, TW Metals, United Performance Metals, and Supply Dynamics can work independently or on a collaborative basis to develop and deliver the optimum material solution for diverse international markets, including aerospace, power generation, and petrochemical. O'Neal HPMG provides unprecedented purchasing power, access to products, precision processing, supply chain management, and expertise across the full spectrum of specialty metals. 

O'Neal Steel is the nation's largest family-owned, full-line metals service center with a storied history dating back to 1921. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, O'Neal Steel operates a network of strategically located facilities throughout the U.S. and in Mexico. Products include carbon, stainless, and alloy sheet, bar, and shapes-plus aluminum products, pipe, tubing, expanded metal, and bar grating. Multi-stage processing ranges from sawing, burning, and laser cutting to plasma punching, tube bending and machining as well as welding complex sub-assemblies for Original Equipment Manufacturers.

Aerodyne Alloys is an international distributor and processor of high-temperature nickel, cobalt, titanium, and stainless steel available in bar, plate, and near net shapes. The company serves the unique needs of customers engaged in critical applications for industries such as aerospace, medical, power generation, petrochemical, and defense. Products are available in an exceptionally wide range of sizes, and processing capabilities include state-of-the-art blade technology for precision cutting of bar and plate.

Leeco is a steel service center specializing in carbon, HSLA, alloy and abrasion-resistant, extra-high-strength, and weathering steel in the form of plate, sheet, and coil. The company is internationally known for its sourcing expertise, huge inventory, customized service, flexibility, technical solutions, and unmatched product knowledge with regard to specialized, high-endurance applications, including service to the wind power industry.

TAD Metals is a metals service center focused on the distribution and processing of a wide variety of stainless steel and aluminum, including coil, sheet, plate, and long products. The company is renowned for its surface conditioning capabilities, which produce a wide range of customized polished finishes for customers in demanding categories, such as food and beverage processing, architectural elements, consumer appliances, construction material, industrial equipment, automotive parts, and marine components.




Building on more than a century, TW Metals is one of the world's foremost sources of stainless, aluminum, alloy, carbon, and high alloys such as nickel and titanium. Custom and off-the-shelf products include pipe, tube, bar, rod, sheet, plate, and extrusions. The company is approved by more than two dozen U.S. and European aerospace companies as a supplier for new aircraft as well as maintenance, repair, and overhaul. Other industries served include nuclear, chemical processing, marine, food processing, pharmaceutical, medical, defense, and pumps and valves.




United Performance Metals is a leading metal supplier of specialty stainless steel and high-temperature alloys, and is uniquely equipped to process coil, sheet, and plate with the industry's most comprehensive slitting, edging, shearing, leveling, and sawing capabilities. United also offers in-depth understanding of complex supply chain issues, logistics, cultural challenges, and customs procedures associated with international trade. In business since 1982, United serves customers in categories such as aerospace, aircraft, automotive, medical, food service, housewares, and petrochemical.




Having established itself as the aerospace industry's leading provider of material consolidation solutions known as Material Demand Aggregation, Supply Dynamics is also finding broad application for its systems among numerous other industries. The company utilizes proprietary processes and IT solutions to provide OEM customers with real-time visibility and control over the materials that go into their finished parts-especially materials that go into parts made by their Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.