Summit Steel Corporation Shines Bright in the Rust Belt

Oct. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- Summit Steel Corporation is polishing up its gleaming quarter century reputation, amassing a sturdy troop of talent, and gearing for growth from its new headquarters in Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Amidst the junkyard of decaying efforts and tarnished dreams, shines a bright spot in the Midwestern Rust Belt.

Positioning itself for triple growth this year, Summit Steel Corporation has aggressive plans to attract a global alliance of innovators and specialized manufacturers to their solutions-driven services and reliable network of precision resources. It is an agile, fluid, responsive and results-driven growth strategy.

Drawing proven talents from other industry disciplines instantly expands Summit Steel Corporation’s network connections. With first-hand knowledge and experience in global research and trading, former Wall Street executive Joe Baudo joined the company in June 2010 as Chief Operating Officer. Baudo is designing an organic growth architecture extending from the company’s established core.

Each of Summit Steel Corporation’s hand-picked Account Executives brings experience and perspective from other industries, where equipment and raw materials rely on steel, including construction, transportation and the food industry. They bring a working knowledge of opportunities for end-uses and innovations in steel use and manufacturing. And Summit Steel Corporation is actively seeking to add to their ranks.

When other businesses are closing or contracting, this closely-held, specialized steel processing and distribution company is expanding. How? Ross Bushman.

Bushman’s bloodline flows from two generations before him, steeped in the area’s historic steel empire. Here in the Midwest Core - a four-state region comprised of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania – is where more than sixty percent of total U.S. steel production was concentrated for most of the twentieth century.

At BXM Steel, his father’s steel distribution business, Bushman acquired fluency in steel (thermals, tolerances, properties and finish) as a steel warehouse worker, truck driver as well as inside and outside sales, while simultaneously gaining a business education at Cleveland Community College. As new technologies and the rise of minimills led to regional shifts in steel production, Bushman realized the need for a new approach.

It was 1985, in an environment of economic recession, steel giants’ plant closings, and a devastating decline in the domestic automobile industry, when a dynamic, determined and dauntless Ross Bushman founded Summit Steel Corporation. While everyone else was cashing out, Bushman was cashing in.

Single-handedly and determinedly, he defied the obstacles slaying the steel Goliaths, and scaled the metaphorical mountain, graphically portrayed in the Summit Steel Corporation logo. In 1995, Bushman’s son, Jason, joined Summit Steel Corporation – and together, they have pushed on to greater heights.

Now, the third and fourth generations of Bushmans stand side-by-side, implementing initiatives to conquer the next peak in Summit Steel Corporation’s growth – while many others wait for more ideal conditions. Skilled climbers all: they read the mountain, find its niches, and apply individual, well-developed strengths to distinguish Summit Steel Corporation from the rest.

Perhaps, the Bushmans already sense what the Steel Markets Analysis, Financials and Forecasts 2010-2020 report by Visiongain, an independent business information provider, reveals: “The global steel industry will reach values over $937 billion in 2010 …and as emerging economies develop, steel consumption will follow producing a solid growth market for this vital commodity.”  Whatever happens in 2010 and beyond, Summit Steel Corporation is poised for success.

The only certainty at this time is that Summit Steel Corporation is continuing to increase its sales and service force. Now, having outgrown its Auburn Township offices, the company is relocating corporate headquarters to Chagrin Falls, Ohio. In the beautifully quaint setting of this Cleveland suburb, a Gentle Giant - set to bolster the area economy and forge a global stronghold – has established base camp.

Learn more at http://www.summitsteel.com.

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Summit Steel Corporation is a leading processor and distributor of high-quality carbon and alloy bar stock to the metalworking industry. A reliable resource for standard AISI grades and special bar quality (SBQ) steel in hot rolled and all cold finishes since 1985, Summit Steel Corporation excels in conquering unique and unexpected challenges. Look to Summit Steel Corporation for tailored stocking programs, bar sawing, lamellar pearlite & spheroidized annealing, quenching & tempering, stress relieving, normalizing and machine straightening. Serving general and specialty machine shops, steel forge and screw machine producers for oil, solar and wind energies; agricultural, military and transportation industries; technology and consumer products.