Founded as North Shore Supply in 1955 by William and Lou Beth Nemzin, North Shore Supply Company company started in the salvage and scrap business. During the early years, the Nemzins met the growing needs of the Houston Ship Channel industrial sector by supplying a large range of products, including steel, pipe, fittings, flanges, and valves, as well as industrial tools, equipment, and supplies. It was the Nemzins’ idea to be the “supermarket for industry,” and with grit, determination, and hard work, their vision became a reality.In the early 1980s, the second generation of family entered the business and planted the seeds for further growth. Using the latest in computer technology, exercising fiscal responsibility, and leveraging a workforce dedicated to customer service, the second generation helped to expand North Shore Steel into a premier provider of steel products and services to the Gulf Coast region.

The American Industrial Revolution was well underway. The year was 1895. And in the quiet northwestern New Jersey town of Asbury, an important American enterprise was born. Harry M. Riddle founded what is today Asbury Carbons, Inc. He became a hard worker at an early age, doing chores on the family farm, and then walking some five miles to work at a general store. By the time he was 24, he was part owner of two general stores, one in Asbury, New Jersey, and another located in the nearby village of Hampton. He was also Asbury's postmaster. However, he had much greater ambitions, and when a friend told him about the wide applications of graphite and its untapped industrial potential he was determined to become involved in the business. In 1895, Riddle leased an Asbury flour mill that was owned by a relative and powered by the swiftly flowing Musconetcong River. The mill had been built in 1865 to replace one constructed in the late 1700s. Riddle then hired a miller and transformed the operation so that instead of grist it now milled refined graphite, produced from raw material, some of which he bought from a small Rhode Island mine. Most raw graphite, however, was imported from Korea and Ceylon by New York City brokers. The barrels of raw graphite came by rail to a nearby New Jersey train station and transported the final miles to the mill by horse and wagon. Riddle called his new company Asbury Graphite Mills. To market his product, Riddle, not surprisingly, relied on the U.S. mail. He wrote letters to potential customers�foundries and manufacturers of such goods as paint and stove polish�and enclosed a sample. It proved an effective technique, as sales grew rapidly, from 36 tons of material to 144 tons during the first three years. Business was so strong that in 1903 Riddle paid $2,000 to buy the mill, and five years later bought another mill across the river. Known as "Plant No. 2," this facility would be continually upgraded and become the hub of Asbury's operation. The original plant, on the other hand, was used only intermittently and was finally closed in the 1970s.

Northwest Aluminum Specialties produces aluminum billet in a variety of alloys. Using both pure and recycled aluminum as its base material, the company produces log-shaped cast billet products that are then sold to extruders. End products made from the company's billet include air bag canisters, automotive wheels and wheel covers, bicycle frames, and missile housings. An employee-owned company, Northwest Aluminum Specialties operates from a lone facility in Oregon. It also maintains a European presence through a Dutch sales office.

National Aluminium is among India's largest producers of aluminum and related products. Founded in 1981, the company's operations encompass the entire aluminum production process, from bauxite mining to alumina refining to aluminum smelting and casting. Its business also includes power generation and port activities. National Aluminium manufactures a line of aluminum products that includes rolled aluminum, wire rods, cast strips, billets, and alumina hydrate. In addition to engaging in a healthy domestic trade, National Aluminium exports its products elsewhere in Asia, the Persian Gulf, and the US; exports account for more than a third of business.

At RathGibson, we realize the importance of connections. Each of our employees is connected to the other in the knowledge that what one does affects the company as a whole. Offering only the finest products and services keeps our company connected to our customers in the realization that our success is wholly contingent on helping them achieve their success. From our humble beginnings, we have evolved into a worldwide presence, thanks to our employees who continually excel at every challenge, as well as to our customers, who value our old-fashioned hard work and newest technologies.

Golden Eagle International, Inc., a publicly-traded junior mining company headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. (OTC Bulletin Board: MYNG). Golden Eagle International Inc. are currently working on the development of our Gold Bar gold mill located near the geographic heart of the current gold rush in the Cortez Trend going on in north-central Nevada. Golden Eagle International Inc. 3,500 to 4,500 tpd CIP Gold Bar mill, located 25 miles northwest of Eureka, Nevada, has become the focal point of a number of central Nevada gold exploration companies with identified reserves that want to jump into production to benefit from the current market exhilaration about gold.

Introducing C-E Minerals a worldwide supplier of high quality aluminas, alumina-silica calcines, and fused minerals used in refractory, investment casting, semiconductor, abrasive, metal producing and many other industrial applications. With world headquarters in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, C-E Minerals operates an integrated, global network of processing and distribution facilities, R&D laboratories, sales and service offices and other support activities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia and South Africa. All are dedicated to meeting the changing needs of our customers for superior quality, innovative and cost-effective products and services. C-E Minerals is a member of the Imerys family of companies. Imerys, headquartered in Paris, France, is an international supplier and trader of industrial minerals and building materials. C-E Minerals is a company dedicated to expanding its product lines, to developing new markets, and to enhancing its role as a leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality industrial minerals. Through its network of strategically positioned facilities, C-E Minerals provides a "circle of excellence" that allows the company to obtain the highest quality raw materials and distribute the finest products throughout the world.

Southern Copper Corporation engages in mining, smelting, and refining mineral properties in Peru, Mexico, and Chile. It involves in the production of copper and molybdenum concentrates; smelting of copper concentrates to produce anode copper; and refining of anode copper to produce copper cathodes, as well as refined silver and copper. The company operates the Toquepala and Cuajone mines in the Andes Mountains located southeast of the city of Lima, Peru, as well as a smelter and refinery in the coastal city of Ilo, Peru. Southern Copper Corporation also operates underground mines that produce zinc, gold, and lead, as well as a coal mine, which produce coal and coke. The company was founded in 1952 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona. Southern Copper Corporation is a subsidiary of Americas Mining Corporation.

ThyssenKrupp Materials NA takes that copper and steel and processes it into something more usable. The North American materials management division of German industrial behemoth ThyssenKrupp operates through a number of subsidiary companies. Copper and Brass Sales is a non-ferrous metals service center, while Ken-Mac Metals processes flat-roll aluminum. Other business units include AIN Plastics (an engineered plastics distributor), TMX Aerospace (supply chain management services for aerospace programs), and TKX Logistics (a transportation logistics provider).

Descours & Cabaud is a steel processing company with operations primarily in France. About three-quarters of its 550 locations are situated in its home country, though it also has locations elsewhere in Western Europe as well as in Central Europe and North America. Operating through its Prolians and Dexis divisions, Descours & Cabaud company processes and delivers fasteners, high-grade and special steels, steel millwork, and other metal products worldwide. Customers range from building contractors, cutting toolmakers, hydraulics makers, and power transmission manufactures. Descours & Cabaud was founded in 1782 as an iron monger and is still under family control.

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