Steel plates stored in the outdoor yard beside the Houston warehouse
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Universal Steel America

Houston, TXSince 2001universalsteelamerica.com
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What you can buy

  • High-strength steel

  • Plate
  • Laser & plasma-cut parts

Sizes

Plate inventory
ASTM structural (A36, A572, A588/A242, A633, A514, A709, A283, A656), ASME pressure vessel (SA516, SA387 grades 11 and 22 normalized and tempered, SA537), API and ABS marine and offshore, AR400 and AR500, and 4140 and C1045 mold, tool and die plate
Plate cutting
CNC plasma and oxy-fuel burning of custom parts up to 16.5" thick
Beveling
CNC straight-line, radius and compound beveling of plate and pipe
Rolling and forming
Plate rolling 1/4"–4" thick, 19" to 14' inside diameter, single roll width up to 10' on 3-roll and 4-roll machines; cones, reducers, U- and V-shapes
ASME Code welding
ASME Section VIII Div. 1 and 2 and Section I (U, U2 and S stamps); semi-automatic submerged arc welding; girth seam assemblies up to 60' long
Drilling and finishing
CNC drilling, tapping, counterboring and countersinking; Blanchard grinding to drawing thickness; galvanizing and zinc coating on request
Testing
Hardness, tensile, chemistry, UT, Charpy, Z-direction, HIC, NACE MR0175/MR0103, RT, MT, PT and SPWHT; ABS, DNV and Lloyd's witness
Facility
140,000 sq ft under roof with direct rail service and additional acreage for outside plate storage

About Universal Steel America

Universal Steel America is a carbon and alloy steel plate distributor and processor in Houston, Texas, with U.S. operations since 2001. From 140,000 sq ft under roof with rail service, it stocks structural, pressure vessel, marine and offshore, abrasion-resistant and mold and die plate, and provides CNC plasma and oxy-fuel cutting, beveling, drilling, Blanchard grinding and ASME Code rolling and welding for oil and gas, petrochemical, construction, marine, mining and agriculture customers.

Processing
Plasma cutting, Warehousing
Industries served
Oil and gas, Petrochemical, Construction, Marine and offshore, Excavating and mining, Mold, tool and die, Agriculture, Nuclear (through third-party distribution)
Certifications
ASME Section VIII Division 1 (U stamp), ASME Section VIII Division 2 (U2 stamp), ASME Section I (S stamp)
Ownership
Subsidiary of Salzgitter AG

Location

  • Houston, TX

    Headquarters

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