Capital Improvements

As a private, family-owned company, Charter Steel focuses on long-term, strategic objectives. Our conservative and consistent approach to management and innovation has ensured our customers a reliable supply of quality steel for more than two decades.

Charter Steel has been quietly investing more than $300 million in new facilities and capital improvements over the last five years. These include:

The March 2002 acquisition of Birmingham Steel's American Steel and Wire division in Cuyahoga Heights, Ohio, which increased Charter Steel's coil-making capacity to approximately 1.2 million tons annually.

The March 2002 completion of a major expansion of the Saukville rolling mill that allows Charter Steel to roll bar sizes to 1-3/8" (34.9 mm) in diameter.
The November 2000 addition of a carbon and alloy coil processing and distribution facility in Fostoria, Ohio.

The January 2000 expansion of Charter Steel's Saukville processing facility, which included the opening of a third chemical cleaning/coating facility, the addition of two continuous annealing furnaces and the expansion of Charter Steel's wire-making capabilities.

In addition, Charter Steel's parent company, Charter Manufacturing, opened a Stainless Steel coil processing and distribution facility in May 2001. The facility, located in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is equipped with four annealing furnaces and a cleaning and coating line.