Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp.

Lapham-Hickey Steel has announced its acquisition of SMC Metal Fabricators, a metal fabricator with 115,000 sq. ft. of manufacturing space located next door to Lapham-Hickey’s two existing Oshkosh, Wis., facilities.

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp., a carbon service center in Bedford Park, Ill., has acquired The Thompson Companies, comprising the family-owned Thompson Dayton Steel Service Centers. Thompson Dayton is a supplier of flat-rolled steel products with locations in Paulding, Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Rome, Ga.;...

Lapham-Hickey Steel Corp., a family-owned and -operated service center in Chicago, has purchased the assets of Industrial Spring Steel, Philadelphia, a supplier of high-carbon tempered and annealed spring steel throughout the East Coast. Brian Hickey assumes the responsibilities of general manager...

December came, and the Section 201 tariffs went out under the tide of global and World Trade Organization (WTO) pressure. Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water, material price increases hit the metals industry like a tidal wave that made the tariff increases look like gently lapping wading waves. "The Perfect Storm," it's been called.