Mill Steel Celebrates 50 Years With New Growth, Markets
09/28/2009 - The Grand Rapids-based steel distributor is marking its 50th year of business with an expanding customer base and new business in Michigan and across North America.
Mill Steel Co. says it is marking its 50th year of business with an expanding customer base and new business in Michigan and across North America.
On September 12, Mill Steel celebrated its anniversary with a tribute event at its Grand Rapids, Mich., headquarters with more than 200 employees and their families. The company says its success has come from being a preferred supplier of high-quality steel to automakers and their suppliers across North America, as well as a growing list of customers in the appliance, agricultural equipment, homebuilding, and office furniture industries.
"I am as optimistic as I could possibly be," said Mill Steel President and Chairman David S. Samrick about the company's future. "We are hiring and preparing for growth on the near horizon.
"Our business model relies on ideas being fed and nurtured from all areas of the company," he continued. "That model is what has allowed us to see new opportunity where others may not. We are right now working on projects that we think will add new growth to our company, and to our ability to service new customers in exciting ways."
Mill Steel trains all of its employees on the company’s overall operations, cross-trains them in multiple tasks, and hires interns each semester from Grand Valley State University.
Started by Harry H. Samrick in 1959, Mill Steel Co. is now one of the largest flat rolled steel products distributors in the Midwest, with more than $250 million in annual sales. Comprised of 12 production lines and locations in Grand Rapids and Melvindale (Detroit), Mich., Windsor, Ont., and a sales office in Louisville, Ky., Mill Steel serves customers in the automotive, appliance, office furniture, homebuilding, and agricultural equipment industries, among others, across North America.
On September 12, Mill Steel celebrated its anniversary with a tribute event at its Grand Rapids, Mich., headquarters with more than 200 employees and their families. The company says its success has come from being a preferred supplier of high-quality steel to automakers and their suppliers across North America, as well as a growing list of customers in the appliance, agricultural equipment, homebuilding, and office furniture industries.
"I am as optimistic as I could possibly be," said Mill Steel President and Chairman David S. Samrick about the company's future. "We are hiring and preparing for growth on the near horizon.
"Our business model relies on ideas being fed and nurtured from all areas of the company," he continued. "That model is what has allowed us to see new opportunity where others may not. We are right now working on projects that we think will add new growth to our company, and to our ability to service new customers in exciting ways."
Mill Steel trains all of its employees on the company’s overall operations, cross-trains them in multiple tasks, and hires interns each semester from Grand Valley State University.
Started by Harry H. Samrick in 1959, Mill Steel Co. is now one of the largest flat rolled steel products distributors in the Midwest, with more than $250 million in annual sales. Comprised of 12 production lines and locations in Grand Rapids and Melvindale (Detroit), Mich., Windsor, Ont., and a sales office in Louisville, Ky., Mill Steel serves customers in the automotive, appliance, office furniture, homebuilding, and agricultural equipment industries, among others, across North America.
