What Sequoia Brass & Copper does

Sequoia Brass & Copper is a privately held, nonferrous metals distributor founded in 1983 and headquartered at 2353 Industrial Parkway West in Hayward, California. The company specializes in copper, brass, and bronze alloys, with deep expertise in Alloy 101 OFE OFHC Copper, and maintains substantial in-house inventory at its Hayward warehouse serving customers across North America. Its core product portfolio spans oxygen-free copper (C10100), ETP copper (C11000), DHP copper (C12200), tellurium copper (C14500), six brass alloys (C260, C272, C330, C353, C360, C464 Naval), and three bronze alloys (C932, C954, C385 Architectural), available in sheets, plates, rods, bars, tubes, and pipes. Precision custom cutting services are operated in-house using plate saws (±0.020" tolerance) and horizontal band saws (±0.062" accuracy), and the company supplements stocked inventory with a sourcing service that draws on vetted domestic and international mills for hard-to-find specialty alloys.

The business runs on a sales-led, direct-to-customer model combining phone-based sales (toll-free 800-362-5255 and local 510-887-5525), a request-a-quote system for custom specifications, and a dedicated e-commerce storefront at catalog.sequoia-brass-copper.com for standard stock sizes. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled via quote requests. Sequoia holds ISO 9001:2015 certification, has a combined 100+ years of sales experience across its team, and targets use cases across electrical and electronics manufacturing, plumbing and HVAC, architecture and construction, marine, industrial manufacturing, and ammunition and defense applications. The firm supports demand generation through an education-led marketing program including a blog, eBooks, technical resources (weight calculators, drill charts, periodic table, alloy color charts), and a presence on LinkedIn and Facebook. The company is privately held with no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or parent company.

Name

Sequoia Brass & Copper

Legal name

Sequoia Brass and Copper

Website

https://sequoia-brass-copper.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Sequoia Brass & Copper is a privately held, ISO 9001:2015 certified nonferrous metals distributor founded in 1983, supplying copper, brass, and bronze alloys in standard and custom-cut forms from its Hayward, California warehouse to North American fabricators across electrical, plumbing, marine, construction, industrial, and defense end markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Hayward

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Nonferrous Metal Product Sales: Direct sale of copper, brass, and bronze alloys in various forms (sheets, plates, rods, bars, tubes, pipes). Products are sold with custom cutting services. Customers can order standard stock sizes online or request custom specifications.
2. Specialty Metal Sourcing Services: Sourcing hard-to-find copper alloys and nonferrous metals through network of vetted domestic and international mills and suppliers for specialty applications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Sequoia Brass & Copper is a domestic supplier and distributor of nonferrous metals (copper, brass, and bronze alloys) operating since 1983 from a Hayward, California warehouse. The company stocks a substantial inventory of alloys in sheets, plates, rods, bars, tubes, and pipes, and offers precision custom cutting services (±0.020" plate saw, ±0.062" band saw) and specialty sourcing through domestic and international mill networks.

Product overview

Sequoia Brass & Copper is a domestic supplier of nonferrous metals specializing in copper, brass, and bronze alloys since 1983. The company operates as a master product portfolio of metal materials organized by alloy family: Copper products include OFE copper (C10100), ETP copper (C11000), DHP copper (C12200), and Tellurium copper (C14500); Brass offerings span Cartridge brass (C260), Yellow brass (C272), Low-leaded brass (C330), High-leaded brass (C353), Free-machining brass (C360), and Naval brass (C464); Bronze products include Aluminum bronze (C954), High-Leaded Tin bronze (C932), and Architectural bronze (C385). All materials are available in standard shapes (sheets, plates, rods, bars, tubes) with custom cutting services. The company maintains ISO 9001:2015 certification and serves diverse industries including electronics, construction, marine, plumbing, and industrial manufacturing across North America.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Alloy 101 OFE Copper (C10100)

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest U.S. metals service center with broad nonferrous and ferrous product lines; competes where customer order sizes and value-add cutting overlap with Sequoia's services.
• McMaster-Carr: Dominant catalog-based industrial supplier with extensive metals among broader product lines; competes for the same small-quantity, fast-delivery buyer with a vastly larger assortment and brand.
• ThyssenKrupp Materials NA: Industrial metals service center operating multi-site warehousing with cut-to-size and value-added services comparable to Sequoia's distribution-plus-cutting model.
• Ryerson: Major North American metals processor and distributor with processing services (cutting, sawing) that mirror Sequoia's fabrication-adjacent offering at significantly greater scale.
• Hussey Copper: U.S. copper manufacturer and converter producing copper sheet, plate, bus bar, and fabricated components — operates further upstream but competes for some of the same fabricator and electrical-grade copper demand.

Direct peers

• Speedy Metals: Online metals service center offering cut-to-size aluminum, steel, brass, and copper with same-day shipping — overlapping e-commerce distribution model and small-buyer focus.
• Metal Supermarkets: Franchise-based small-quantity metals distributor serving fabricators and hobbyists with no-minimum orders and in-store pickup — closest analog on customer segment (SMB/maker/fabricator).
• Kunz GRI (now Reliance subsidiary) / GRI Metal Services: Specialty nonferrous metals distributor (aluminum and copper alloys) with value-added processing and fabrication — comparable alloy focus and distribution model.
• OnlineMetals.com (ThyssenKrupp Materials NA): Online-metals retailer serving small-quantity buyers across nonferrous and ferrous grades with e-commerce checkout and cut-to-size service — directly comparable in channel, customer size, and product mix to Sequoia's online catalog.

Regional players

• Industrial Metal Supply Co. West Coast-focused metals service center with cutting services and broad aluminum/steel/brass/copper inventory — direct geographic and channel overlap with Sequoia's Hayward, CA base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SequoiaBrass
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sequoia-brass-and-copper

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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