What Jemison Metals does

Jemison Metals is a privately held supplier of carbon flat-rolled steel products operating seven steel service centers across the southeastern and midwestern United States. Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Decatur, Alabama, the company distributes hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, aluminized, stainless, aluminum, and specialty coated steel products alongside value-added fabrication and processing services including slitting, blanking, leveling, laser cutting, plasma cutting, press brake forming, and punch press stamping. The combined facility footprint spans approximately 709,000 square feet across Alabama, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, with ISO 9001 certification at multiple plants.

The company's central differentiator is a patented proprietary supply chain analytics platform that tracks cost inefficiencies and carbon emissions at the part level. Jemison positions its offering around total cost reduction rather than base metal price competition, claiming roughly 40% of customer metal spend is consumed by non-metal costs such as yield loss, scrap, transportation, and administrative expenses. Sales are conducted through direct, relationship-based engagement and competitive bidding, with quote-based, pay-as-you-go pricing that is not publicly disclosed. The company serves manufacturing and industrial customers requiring carbon flat-rolled inputs as its primary segment, with a secondary focus on companies seeking part-level carbon emissions tracking for sustainability commitments.

Jemison expanded its capability set and market presence in March 2024 through the acquisition of Advanced Metal Components Inc., adding metal components manufacturing to its distribution and processing core. The company operates as an independent, privately held LLC with no disclosed institutional investor backing, led by Chairman Peter Heinke and President & COO Craig Mathiason, with a management team averaging multi-decade metals industry tenure.

Name

Jemison Metals

Legal name

Jemison Metals LLC

Website

http://www.jemisonmetals.com/

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Jemison Metals is a privately held supplier of carbon flat-rolled steel products and value-added fabrication services, operating seven steel service centers across the southeastern and midwestern United States. The company serves industrial manufacturers with carbon and stainless steel products, aluminum, and patented supply chain analytics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Decatur

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices7 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Carbon Flat-Rolled Products Sales: Jemison Metals generates revenue through the sale of carbon flat-rolled products including hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized steel, and fabricated metal components. Revenue is derived from competitive bids and direct customer relationships, focusing on total cost reduction rather than just base metal pricing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Jemison Metals supplies carbon flat-rolled steel products (hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanized, and specialized steels) along with metal fabrication and processing services through seven steel service centers. The company differentiates by using proprietary patented software to identify hidden supply chain waste and track carbon emissions at the part level, aiming to reduce total cost of ownership beyond base metal pricing.

Product overview

Jemison Metals is a leading supplier of carbon flat-rolled products operating as a single unified offering with integrated proprietary supply chain analytics software. The product portfolio centers on carbon steel products including Hot Rolled, Hot Rolled Pickled & Oiled, Cold Rolled, Galvanized, Galvannealed, Floor Plate, and specialized products like Treadplate and Enameling Steel. The company extends its core product line with fabrication services (Fiber/Plasma/CO2 Laser Cutting, Press Brake, Punch Press) and processing services (Slitting Lines, Leveling/Blanking Lines, Red Bud Multi-Blanking Line) across seven Steel Service Center locations. The proprietary supply chain analytics software differentiates the offering by enabling customers to track costs, identify waste, and monitor carbon emissions throughout the supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hot Rolled Steel

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Advanced Metal Components Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 March 2024Jemison Metals announced a definitive agreement to acquire Advanced Metal Components Inc. The transaction was scheduled to complete by March 29, 2024. This acquisition signifies Jemison Metals' growth and diversification strategy in the metal industry, expanding their capabilities and market presence.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ryerson Holding Corporation: Public U.S. metals service center chain offering a broad portfolio of flat-rolled and long products with value-added processing. Ryerson is the most direct public comparable to Jemison in terms of product mix (carbon flat-rolled), processing capabilities, and customer base of industrial manufacturers.
• O'Neal Steel: Privately held U.S. steel service center operating roughly 40+ facilities across the country. Closely comparable to Jemison in offering carbon flat-rolled products with processing services (cutting, forming, machining) to industrial customers.
• Kloeckner Metals: Global metals distributor and steel service center with significant U.S. operations. Comparable to Jemison as a flat-rolled and processed steel supplier to industrial OEMs and fabricators, though Kloeckner is much larger and publicly listed.
• Steel Technologies: Flat-rolled steel processor and service center owned by Nucor, focused on carbon flat-rolled products for automotive, appliance, and industrial customers. Closely comparable product mix and processing orientation to Jemison Metals.
• Heidtman Steel: Flat-rolled steel processor and service center with multiple U.S. locations. Comparable to Jemison in its focus on carbon flat-rolled products, slitting/blanking/leveling processing capabilities, and industrial customer base.
• Samuel, Son & Co. Privately held North American metals distributor and service center with extensive processing capabilities. Comparable to Jemison in offering flat-rolled products and value-added processing to industrial end markets.
• Triple-S Steel: Steel service center chain with multiple U.S. locations offering carbon flat-rolled products and processing services. Comparable to Jemison in operating model, regional service center footprint, and customer base of industrial manufacturers.
• United Steel Supply: Privately held U.S. steel service center focused on flat-rolled products with multiple processing locations. Comparable to Jemison in offering carbon and galvanized flat-rolled steel with slitting, leveling, and blanking services to industrial customers.

Broad incumbents

• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest U.S. metals service center company with a national footprint of 300+ locations. Overlaps with Jemison on carbon flat-rolled products and processing but operates at vastly greater scale and offers a much broader product portfolio.
• Nucor Corporation: Largest U.S. steel producer with downstream service center operations through its Sheet Steel Group and subsidiary Steel Technologies. Competitively significant to Jemison as both an upstream supplier and increasingly as a downstream competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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