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About Olympic Steel INC

Olympic Steel Inc. is a U.S.-based metals service center and processor listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker ZEUS, in the United States. Founded in 1954 by Sol Siegal and Sam Sigel, the company started as a steel warehousing and distribution business and has since evolved into a broader, more integrated metals platform with meaningful value-added processing capabilities. Its headquarters are in Cleveland, Ohio, which anchors the business in one of the long-established industrial hubs of the U.S. metals sector. Olympic Steel’s core model is built around the direct sale, inventory management, and processing of metal products for industrial customers. The company sells carbon and coated sheet, plate and coil, stainless steel sheet, plate, bar and coil, aluminum sheet, plate and coil, and pipe, tube, bar, valves and fittings. What differentiates Olympic Steel from a pure trader is its extensive processing offering: cut-to-length, slitting, leveling, forming, machining, welding, painting, burning/cutting, and other fabrication and finishing services. That service intensity makes the company an important supply-chain partner rather than only a commodity intermediary. From a competitive standpoint, Olympic Steel holds a solid position among U.S. metals service centers by combining product breadth, geographic reach, and customer intimacy. The company says it operates 53 sales and warehouse locations across North America and has a manufacturing footprint of more than 4.5 million square feet. That scale supports relationships with regional customers as well as national and multi-location accounts, which is a meaningful advantage in a fragmented and cyclical industry. Its operating structure is diversified across several product families and specialty brands, including Action Stainless, Chicago Tube & Iron, Integrity Stainless, Berlin Metals, and Shaw Stainless & Alloy. This multi-brand architecture allows Olympic Steel to address different end markets and potentially capture higher-value niches in stainless, tubular products, aluminum, and fabricated metal solutions. Recent developments in 2025 highlighted the company’s emphasis on both organic growth and acquisitions. Olympic Steel said its late-2024 acquisition of MetalWorks was off to a strong start and was immediately accretive, while management also emphasized the contribution of specialty metals and manufactured products businesses. The company additionally announced an amendment and extension of its credit facility in April 2025, improving financial flexibility for ongoing operations and growth initiatives. For investors, Olympic Steel represents a seasoned U.S. industrial platform with exposure to manufacturing demand, metals pricing cycles, and working-capital dynamics, but supported by a diversified product mix, value-added processing capabilities, and a broad North American footprint.