What Ferrous85 does

Ferrous85 (legal entity Ferrous 85" Co.) is a privately held US toll processing company specializing in high-precision slitting of steel master coils for industrial customers. The company operates from a single manufacturing facility at 8534 HWY 89, Suite #4, Sinton, Texas, located on the Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) Sinton campus, and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bull Moose Tube Company, a manufacturer of hollow structural sections (HSS) and standard pipe.

Ferrous85's core offering is a single, capital-intensive service: contract slitting of customer-owned master coils on the largest slitter in North America — an 85-inch unit with a proprietary arbor design. The line accepts incoming mill-edge coils from 36 to 87 inches wide and up to 105,000 pounds, and delivers slit mults from 7 to 85 inches wide in gauges from .074 to .750 inches, at material strengths of 80, 100, and 120 ksi with 12+ mult configurations. A 200-ton coil carrier truck handles on-campus material movement, and the company is ISO 9001:2015 certified. Target use cases are ERW pipe production and metal building products, both of which require tight edge and width tolerances.

Ferrous85 generates revenue through per-job toll processing fees negotiated based on coil specifications, mult count, material grade, and special requirements. It markets primarily through its website, phone, and email channels, with general manager Todd Cutshall as the named contact. The business has 11–50 employees, no disclosed external customers or revenue figures, and is structurally aligned with — and partially captive to — its parent, Bull Moose Tube, which is itself a customer in the HSS/standard pipe value chain.

Name

Ferrous85

Legal name

Ferrous 85" Co.

Website

https://ferrous85.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ferrous85 is a US toll processor that precision-slits steel master coils on North America's largest 85-inch slitter at its Sinton, Texas facility, serving ERW pipe and metal building product manufacturers as a subsidiary of Bull Moose Tube.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Coil Slitting Services

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Service Centers & Processing (Slitting, Cut-to-Length, Blanking, Leveling) (IMAKABAL)

Keywords

• Steel toll processing
• Coil slitting services
• Precision slitting
• ERW pipe processing
• Metal building coils

Headquarters

HQ city

Sinton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Toll processing services: Contract-based toll processing services where Ferrous85 processes customer-owned master coils (steel) on a fee basis. The company handles slitting operations on the SDI campus, providing precision slitting for coils ranging from 36-87 inches wide up to 105,000 lbs. Revenue is generated through processing fees based on coil specifications, mult count, and material type.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Ferrous85 provides contract-based toll slitting services for master steel coils on the SDI campus in Sinton, Texas, operating the largest slitter in North America. Customers ship master coils in mill-edge widths of 36 to 87 inches (up to 105,000 lbs), and Ferrous85 slits them into mults of 7 to 85 inches in gauges from .074 to .750 inches, with a proprietary arbor design delivering consistent, high-quality slit edges for ERW pipe production and metal building products. On-campus material handling is supported by a 200-ton coil carrier truck.

Product overview

Ferrous85 is a toll processing company that operates the biggest slitter in North America on the SDI campus in Sinton, Texas. The company offers a single core service: precision steel coil slitting, which handles master coils from 36" to 87" width and up to 105,000 pounds, producing slit mults from 7" to 85" in various gauges. The slitter features a unique arbor design for consistent, high-quality slit edges ideal for ERW pipe production and metal building products. Ferrous85 also provides transportation services via a 200-ton coil carrier truck for hauling coils to and from on-campus facilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Toll Slitting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Mults from 7 to 85 inches with gauges from .074 to .750 inch on coils up to 105,000 lbs

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFerrous85 operates on the SDI campus in Sinton, Texas, processing coils producible by the SDI Sinton Mill. This strategic co-location provides access to mill-edge materials and integrated supply chain operations. SDI supplies all grades of steel that Ferrous85 processes.
• Bull Moose TubecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBull Moose Tube is the parent company of Ferrous85, headquartered with Bull Moose Tube operations. The company website displays Bull Moose Tube branding and links to bullmoosetube.com. Bull Moose Tube is a leading manufacturer of hollow structural sections (HSS) and standard pipe.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• EMJ: EMJ (formerly Earle M. Jorgensen) is a metals service center providing processing and distribution of carbon, alloy, stainless, and aluminum products including slitting. Comparable to Ferrous85 as a flat rolled processor with a similar toll-based service model serving industrial customers.
• Mill Steel Company: Mill Steel Company is a flat rolled steel service center offering slitting, blanking, cut-to-length, and other processing services. Directly comparable to Ferrous85 in toll processing model and target customer base of manufacturers requiring precision coil processing.
• Steel Technologies: Steel Technologies is a major coil processor and steel service center providing slitting, cut-to-length, blanking, and other value-added processing across North America. Highly comparable to Ferrous85 as both operate in toll processing of flat rolled steel for industrial customers with similar precision-focused capabilities.
• Feralloy: Feralloy is a flat rolled steel service center with slitting and blanking capabilities serving automotive, pipe and tube, and other industrial end markets. Directly comparable as a precision coil processor with overlapping customer segments including ERW pipe producers.
• Taylor Steel: Taylor Steel is a North American steel service center offering slitting, blanking, cut-to-length, and other processing services. Directly comparable to Ferrous85 as a precision coil processor serving industrial manufacturers including pipe and tube producers.
• National Material Processing: National Material Processing operates steel processing facilities offering slitting, cut-to-length, and other value-added services. Comparable to Ferrous85 as a precision-focused processor serving similar industrial end markets with toll-based service offerings.

Broad incumbents

• Olympic Steel: Olympic Steel is a leading national metals service center with broad processing capabilities including slitting, cut-to-length, and plate processing. Comparable as a flat rolled steel processor, though operating at much greater scale and across more product categories than Ferrous85's focused toll slitting model.
• Ryerson: Ryerson is a major metals distributor and processor offering slitting, cutting, and fabrication services across a wide range of flat rolled products. A broader incumbent peer serving similar industrial end markets with a wider product and service portfolio than Ferrous85.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Reliance Steel & Aluminum is the largest metals service center company in North America, with operations in coil processing, slitting, plate processing, and distribution. A highly relevant broad incumbent peer given its scale and overlapping flat rolled processing capabilities across diverse industrial end markets.
• Worthington Steel: Worthington Steel is a leading steel processor specializing in slitting, cut-to-length, and other value-added processing primarily for automotive, construction, and agricultural end markets. A broader incumbent peer with overlapping coil processing capabilities and similar industrial customer base.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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