O’Neal Steel in Waterloo is hosting an Open House including guided tours on June 19 from 11am – 4pm. at their location at 2600 Sergeant Road / HWY 63 in Waterloo. The company, a metals service center – think “grocery store for metals products” – has a 110,000 square foot facility and sits on 22 acres. O’Neal Steel stocks a full range of carbon, stainless and aluminum products used in a wide variety of industrial applications.

The company’s customer base is primarily industrial fabrication shops, machine shops, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) producing equipment for the agricultural, construction, mining, forestry, truck and trailer industries throughout the state of Iowa, southern Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.

With very little turnover, the Waterloo facility employs 32 workers with over 600 years of experience. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, O'Neal Steel (onealsteel.com) is the U.S.A.'s largest family-owned, full-line metals service center. The company maintains a vast inventory of carbon steel, aluminum, and stainless steel products, and operates a nationwide network of strategically located distribution facilities to serve customers ranging from local fabricators to international manufacturers. The Waterloo facility is part of the Northern Division of O'Neal which also includes distribution facilities in located in Indiana, Illinois and Pennsylvania.

O’Neal Steel is one of more than a dozen leading brands owned by O’Neal Industries, Inc. (onealind.com), parent company of the U.S.A.’s largest family-owned group of metals service centers. With annual sales of approximately $2.66 billion in 2014, O’Neal Industries is based in Birmingham, Alabama, and has more than 90 specialized facilities throughout North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.