O'Neal Steel is a metals service center headquartered in
Birmingham
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, Alabama. As an
O'Neal Industries affiliate, it was founded in 1921 and is one of the nation's largest family-owned metal distributors. Today, O'Neal Steel operates 24 facilities across the
United States
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and supplies a wide range of
aluminium
Aluminium (or aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol, symbol Al and atomic number 13. It has a density lower than that of other common metals, about one-third that of steel. Aluminium has ...
,
alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metal, metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described. Metallic alloys often have prop ...
,
hot-rolled, cold-finished, and
stainless steel
Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi ...
products.
History
O'Neal Steel’s metal products line includes angles, bars,
beams,
pipes
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Objects
* Pipe (fluid conveyance), a hollow cylinder following certain dimension rules
** Piping, the use of pipes in industry
* Smoking pipe
** Tobacco pipe
* Half-pipe and quarter pipe, semi-circu ...
, plates, and
sheets. O’Neal Steel also offers metal processing services such as tube lasering,
forming,
laser cutting
Laser cutting is a technology that uses a laser to vaporize materials, resulting in a cut edge. While typically used for industrial manufacturing applications, it is now used by schools, small businesses, architecture, and hobbyists. Laser cutt ...
,
plasma cutting
Plasma cutting is a process that cuts through electrically conductive materials by means of an accelerated jet of hot plasma. Typical materials cut with a plasma torch include steel, stainless steel, aluminum, brass and copper, although other ...
, shearing,
oxy-fuel cutting, and
saw
A saw is a tool consisting of a tough blade, Wire saw, wire, or Chainsaw, chain with a hard toothed edge used to cut through material. Various terms are used to describe toothed and abrasive saws.
Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...
ing. In 2019, O’Neal Steel launched PRONTO®, a dynamic eCommerce platform.
Parent Company & Affiliates
O'Neal Industries (ONI) is a family of closely related companies, all engaged in the metals industry. It provides products and services that range from steel beams and plates to specialty alloys and complex manufactured components and tubing, ONI supplies customers across a variety of industries worldwide.
See also
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Birmingham District
References
External links
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1921 establishments in Alabama
American companies established in 1921
Companies based in Birmingham, Alabama
Historic American Engineering Record in Alabama
Privately held companies based in Alabama