Company History

Triple-S relocates to a larger property and builds its first 20,000-square-foot warehouse.

Triple-S’s first facility outside Houston opens in San Antonio

Triple-S acquired Glazer Steel and opened a second facility in Houston.

The company grows again, acquiring the Houston and San Antonio divisions of Intsel Steel Distributors.

Triple-S expands westward by acquiring R&S Steel’s operations in Denver and Salt Lake City.

A new facility, complete with a showroom and 300,000+ square feet of storage space, opens in Port San Antonio to house the joint operations of Intsel Steel Distributors and Triple-S.

Acquisitions of Salt Lake City-based Steelco and Alta-Metal Sales & Processing continue the westward expansion.

An Intsel Steel West office opens in Southern California to provide flat-rolled products to resellers and end users.

The first Triple-S Steel store outside Texas opened in Salt Lake City. Back in Houston, Triple-S and Steel Warehouse Co. joined forces to commission the world’s largest temper mill line.

This busy year included the acquisition of Georgia-based General Steel and the opening of five new locations in Colorado, New Mexico, and California through Intsel Steel West. Shirley Stein's passing also ended an era.

The company opens a beam and plate depot in Northern California to augment inventory and support its growing base of steel fabricators.

Acquisition of cold-rolled and coated flat-rolled products manufacturer Maas-Hansen Steel in California.

In a joint venture, the company launches Tube Supply to enter a new line of business serving the oil and gas industry. Acquires Oklahoma-based Metals, Inc.

Triple-S acquires Arbor Metals to diversify our product line into the non-ferrous metal business.

We acquire Shamrock Steel in West Texas and Bushwick Metals in the Northeast. We have significantly expanded our footprint and customer base in the southwest, New York, and surrounding areas.

Triple-S acquired three businesses that year: Alamo Iron Works, NuSteel, Rolled Steel Products, and BMG Metals. This busy year brought us new opportunities in the MRO coil business and expansion into new markets like Virginia and Maryland, where BMG operates.

Gary Stein, the CEO, hired the first company non-family President, Nataly Marks, to continue building on our success and growth. Triple-S acquires some assets from PlatePlus and Hillman Brass & Copper, breaking into the red metals business.