Tri-State Steel

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We know that to remain strong in the metal service center business, we have to honor our history, respect our roots, attack our future and stay 100% focused on finding solutions to each of our customers' unique challenges. Nothing represents our passion for this work and commitment to doing it right than the story of our founder, Gerald "Jerry" Scott. Please Allow Images to View This Email Properly

This month, we are celebrating Jerry's 45 years in the independent metal service center industry. After graduating from Miami of Ohio with a business degree, Jerry joined the U.S. Coast Guard, where he saw active duty during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Recruited into sales by US Steel in Pittsburgh, Jerry graduated from the Sheet and Tube Sales Training Program and went on to find a passion in the steel industry. The first week of February in 1969, he threw himself into the private metal service center business, opening his first company just outside of Youngstown, Ohio. After starting and selling two additional steel companies, Jerry started Tri-State Steel in Niles, Ohio, and the company served customers throughout the Tri-State region of the Ohio River valley for almost 10 years.

Then, in 1988, Jerry and his wife Anne made the big decision to move the Tri-State Steel operation to the South, relocating to Reidsville, NC. Based on the central location that Reidsville has in NC, its proximity to the Triad, and the ability to service southern Virginia, Reidsville felt like the ideal location for Jerry's newest entrepreneurial adventure. Of course, being only 3½ hours from Ocean Isle Beach, which the Scott family loves, was a major plus as well.

After more than 20 years at the helm of Tri-State Steel, Jerry turned operation of the company over to his son, Steve, and son-in-law, Andy. Jerry has shown great willingness to allow others to take the company to the next level while still being an active, valuable participant in the day-to-day business operations, enabling Tri-State Steel to flourish.

Throughout the company's history, Jerry has maintained a strong belief in staying true to his roots. The company is still driven by the same "sales first" customer care mentality that the Sheet and Tube Sales Training Program instilled in Jerry in the mid-1960s. He's instilled in every employee a "yes" mentality, encouraging us to find a way to make every single imaginable effort and "find a way" to do exactly what each and every customer wants us to do. Jerry still exhibits the powerful work ethic he developed years ago, showing up at the facility every day at 6 a.m. sharp to stay in touch with our customers and developments in the business.

Please join all of us at Tri-State Steel in congratulating Jerry on 45 amazing years, and thanking him for being a loving husband, devoted father, and passionate granddad... and making Tri-State Steel what it is today.

For more information, please contact us at:
(800) 228-1695 • www.Tri-StateSteel.com • ivey@Tri-StateSteel.com