TW Metals

Nelson Steel & Wire Company was founded as a family business and remains family owned and operated to this day. The company produces cold finished carbon and alloy steel bars, with rounds measuring between 1/8 and five inches, hexagons measuring between 5/32 and three inches and squares measuring between 3/8 and 2-15/16 inches. Nelson also invites clients to request specialty bars and wire to meet their specific needs. Also offered are thermal treatment services, including normalizing, spheroidizing and lamellar pearlitic annealing, as well as quench and tempering before cold drawing and stress-relieving after cold drawing. The company maintains its headquarters in Franklin Park, Ill. and was founded in 1939.

Founded in 1952, Raco Steel Company serves more than 2,000 customers, including original equipment manufacturers, resellers, job shops, component manufacturers, metal stampers, sheet metal shops, precision shops, structural fabricators, and agricultural equipment and automotive manufacturers. Additionally, it serves construction companies and heavy- and light-industrial users. The company also has its own testing lab, in-plant rail spur delivery, climate-controlled inventory storage, overhead crane capacity of up to 80,000 pounds, protective packaging equipment, delivery fleet of trucks and an advanced computerized inventory shipping system. The company has a staff fluent in Spanish and offers bilingual capabilities. Raco Steel Company is ISO:9002-certified. It is located in Markham, Ill.