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Kreher Steel

Melrose Park, ILSince 19784 locationsISO 9001:2015kreher.com
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What you can buy

  • Hot-rolled

  • Cold-rolled

  • Stainless steel

  • High-strength steel

Sizes

Hot-rolled bar
Carbon, alloy and stainless rounds, flats, hexagons and squares from 0.500" to 36"
Cold-finished bar
Carbon, alloy and stainless from 0.170" to 6.00"
Mechanical tubing
Hot-finished and cold-drawn tubing, annealed or quench-and-tempered to L80, P110, 4130 and 4140
Heat-treated bar
Quench-and-tempered grades including 1045 (ASTM A449), 4140 (ASTM A193-B7, F1554 Gr 105), 4130, 4150, 4340, 41V40, 410 and 17-4 H1150
Band saw cutting
Up to 40" diameter; ±0.125" per bar, ±0.500" per bundle
High-speed cold saw
0.500"–9.00" diameter, ±0.010"
Chamfering and deburring
0.250"–3.250" diameter
Wire drawing
Wire 0.170"–1.700" and rod 0.218"–2.00", specializing in large-diameter wire; meets ASTM F2282
Annealing
Continuous and batch: regular, spheroidize and stress-relieve anneal
Cleaning and coating
Sulfuric acid pickling with high nickel-zinc phosphate, reactive lube, polymer or lime coatings
Additional bar processing
Heat treating, turning and polishing, and cold drawing
Programs
Managed inventory programs and just-in-time delivery

About Kreher Steel

Kreher Steel is a steel bar and wire distributor headquartered in Melrose Park, Illinois, founded in 1978. It stocks carbon, alloy and stainless hot-rolled and cold-finished bar, mechanical tubing and quench-and-tempered alloy bar, and processes rod and wire at its Kreher Wire Processing plant in Romulus, Michigan, with saw cutting, chamfering, annealing, pickling and wire drawing for fastener, oil and gas, automotive and equipment makers.

Processing
Pickling, Sawing, Warehousing
Industries served
Agriculture, Fasteners, Machine tool, Automotive, Firearms, Mining, Construction, Fluid power, Oil, gas and energy, Industrial equipment
Certifications
ISO 9001:2015
Ownership
A Tube Supply company

Locations

  • Melrose Park, IL

    Headquarters

  • Romulus, MI

    Kreher Wire Processing; rod and wire annealing, pickling, coating and drawing, with 44,000 sq ft of climate-controlled warehouse added in 2017

  • Fort Worth, TX

    Facility

  • Commerce Township, MI

    Detroit-area office

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