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Tri Star Metals

Aurora, ILSince 19854 locationsISO 9001:2015tristarmetals.com
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What you can buy

  • Stainless steel

  • Aluminum

Sizes

Stainless and nickel wire
EPQ, spring temper, cold heading quality (CHQ), welding and intermediate tempers, drawn down to .054" on a multi-hole draw line; Tri Coat copper and non-metallic coatings for CHQ wire
Bar
Stainless steel and nickel alloy bar straightened and cut to lengths from 3' to 40', in non-standard diameters and lengths with low minimums
Heat treating
Integrated annealing and drawing lines and an AMS 2750 batch furnace with integrated water quench
Surface finishing
Shot blasting for a textured wire surface and back die shaving
Aluminum bar
Cold-finished and extruded aluminum bar distribution
Specialty alloys
Nickel-based, cobalt and specialty stainless wire, rod and bar through Centric Alloys, acquired in 2024

About Tri Star Metals

Tri Star Metals is a producer and stockist of stainless steel and nickel alloy bar and wire, founded in 1985 and headquartered in Aurora, Illinois. At a 300,000 sq ft manufacturing and distribution campus in Freeport, Illinois, it draws, anneals, straightens and cuts EPQ, spring temper, cold heading and welding wire and bar, and it also distributes aluminum bar from Illinois and a West Coast warehouse in Arizona for aerospace, defense, transportation and energy customers.

Processing
Warehousing
Industries served
Aerospace, Defense, Transportation, Energy
Certifications
ISO 9001:2015, AS9100D
Ownership
Part of the Hagener Feinstahl companies (since 2009)

Locations

  • Aurora, IL

    Headquarters

  • Freeport, IL

    Manufacturing and distribution campus at 611 West Lamm Road: about 250,000 sq ft plant bought in 2012 plus an adjacent 100,000 sq ft stocking building

  • Tolleson, AZ

    West Coast distribution warehouse serving the Phoenix area, first opened in 2014

  • Pottstown, PA

    Centric Alloys nickel, cobalt and specialty stainless bar and wire distribution, acquired 2024

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