October 11, 2008

US Steel announces distribution network for standard and line pipes

United States Steel Corporation announced its new distribution network for standard and line pipe sales in the United States resulting from its acquisition of Lone Star Technologies Inc and its related companies on June 14th 2007.

Similar to its strategy with Oil Country Tubular Goods, US Steel will market its Standard and Line Pipe products in North America through a selective, authorized distribution network of 16 national and 13 regional distributors. These distributors will be responsible for selling Seamless and Electric Resistance Welded products into Standard and Line Pipe applications.

The following companies have been named to the list of authorized standard and line pipe distributors

Seamless and ERW
1. Consolidated Pipe & Supply - National
2. Edgen Murray - National
3. Ferguson Enterprises Inc - National
4. La Barge Pipe & Steel - National
5. McJunkin Corporation - National
6. Red Man Pipe & Supply - National
7. Texas Pipe & Supply - National
8. Wilson Supply - National
9. Allegheny Pipe & Supply Company - Regional
10. BBL Co - Regional
11. Charles D Sheehy Inc - Regional
12. Chicago Tube & Iron - Regional
13. City Pipe & Supply - Regional
14. Commercial Pipe & Supply Corp - Regional
15. The Ideal Supply Company - Regional
16. Louis P. Canuso Inc - Regional
17. Petroleum Pipe and Supply Company Inc - Regional
18. Youngstown Pipe & Supply - Regional

Seamless only
1. Dixie Pipe Sales - National
2. Kelly Pipe Company - National
3. Pipe Distributor Inc - National
4. Marmon/Keystone - National
5. Mattsco Supply Company - National
6. Tubular Steel - National
7. State Pipe & Supply Company - Regional

ERW only
1. Pipe Exchange - National
2. Tex-Isle Supply - National
3. Columbia Pipe & Supply Co - Regional
4. Ken Miller Supply Inc - Rregional