Find a great full steel service center

Steel service centers buy steel in large quantities. They also create steel products to sell to other businesses or industries, or create steel products to those companies' specifications. For example, a steel shop might do steel sawing, shearing and shape burning. About 45 percent of specialty steel made in the United States comes through a steel center.

I recommend: PMD Steel Service Centers are located in California, Nevada, Utah, Washington and Colorado. Steel Service Center, serving Northern New England, sells steel beams and bars, flats, rounds, squares, rebars and much more. Glosser Steel provides shearing and burning, plus sells angle, channel, I beam, mesh and many other steel products. Industrial Quick Search Manufacturer Directory offers a directory of steel service centers to help you find one in your area.

Seek a steel fabrication shop

If you need more than the general processing your typical steel shop provides, it's time to hire a steel fabricator. Fabrication helps create your steel product through cutting and burning, forming, machining and welding pieces of steel together. Sometimes fab shops specialize in one or more of these areas.

I recommend: S&S Steel Fabrication provides steel fabrication services in Utah. Steel Fabricators does industrial steel fabrication throughout the Southeast and Caribbean. Dolan's Welding & Steel Fabrication provides a wide range of steel fabricating services in Pennsylvania. J&J Burning & Fabricating offers high quality stainless steel and structural steel fabrications.

Search for steel and stainless steel repair products and services

Once your product is finished, there may be times when you require steel repair. Sometimes your own employees can easily handle the repair. For example, most stainless steel scratch repair is simple for anyone to accomplish. If you include welders among your employees, all they will need for steel repairs is the proper sort of rod. Other times, though, you might need to hire a professional--to fix a steel window or straighten a bent steel wheel, for example.

I recommend: Muggy Weld supplies professional-quality welding rods for repairing steel and stainless steel. New Technology Products offers brazing rods for steel. Restore It Yourself sells the "Scratch-B-Gone" contractor's kit and similar products for stainless steel scratch repair. Seekircher Steel Window Repair works on damaged steel windows in over 14 states. Stockton Wheel does steel wheel repair on bent or otherwise damaged wheels.