Metalium

What Metalium does

Metalium, founded in 1990 and headquartered in Beloeil, Quebec, is a privately held steel distribution and metal processing company serving Eastern Canada. It operates five branches across Quebec (Beloeil, Rimouski, Gatineau, Chicoutimi) and the Maritimes (Moncton, New Brunswick), generating approximately 1.2 million square feet of facility space supported by a 22-truck fleet. The company sells a complete inventory of structural steel products — beams, plates, sheets, bars (shapes), and tubing — to B2B customers, and bundles in-house value-added processing including cut-to-length (up to 42" x 26"), plasma cutting (up to 16" x 100"), oxy-fuel CNC cutting (up to 10 heads), laser surface treatment, and drilling (up to 3.5" diameter).

Its business model is B2B enterprise field sales: quote-based pricing (not publicly disclosed), direct engagement through branch sales staff and field account managers, and delivery via owned fleet or customer pickup. Reported customer use cases span transportation infrastructure, structural steel for buildings, electrical transmission towers, rail and metro systems, marine, energy, mining and forestry, and general manufacturing, indicating a project-driven revenue mix concentrated in industrial and construction buyers across Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces. Metalium is a member of the Steel Plus Network (Acier Plus), and operates a wholly-owned logistics subsidiary, Transport Metalium Inc., which internalizes delivery for its distribution operations. No revenue, funding, or M&A figures are disclosed in the source material; the customer base is reported only by vertical rather than by named accounts, and pricing is not publicly listed.

Name

Metalium

Legal name

Metalium

Website

https://metalium.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Metalium is a privately held Quebec-based steel distributor and metal processor founded in 1990, operating five branches across Eastern Canada with 147 employees, 1.2 million square feet of facilities, and a 22-truck fleet serving industrial, construction, energy, and infrastructure buyers through cut-to-length, plasma, oxy-fuel, laser, and drilling services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Distribution and Metal Processing

NAICS

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (332), All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (33299), Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel (3312)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Long Products Manufacturing (Rebar, Wire Rod, Merchant Bar, Sections/Beams) (IMAKABAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sheet Metal Machinery (Laser/Plasma/Waterjet Cutting, Punching) (IMAHADAD), Metals & Steel Mill Facility Construction (IMAFADAF)

Keywords

• Steel distribution
• Metal processing services
• Structural steel supply
• Steel cutting services
• Industrial metal fabrication

Headquarters

HQ city

Beloeil

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel Distribution: Distribution of steel products including beams, plates, sheets, bars (shapes), and tubing to businesses across Eastern Canada. Revenue generated through product sales with delivery logistics included.
2. Metal Processing Services: Value-added processing services including cut-to-length, plasma cutting, oxy-fuel cutting, laser treatment, and drilling. These services are provided as add-on offerings to steel distribution.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Metalium distributes a complete inventory of structural steel products — beams, plates, sheets, bars (shapes), and tubing — to businesses across Eastern Canada, and offers bundled in-house metal processing services including cut-to-length (up to 42" x 26"), CNC plasma cutting (up to 16" x 100"), multi-head oxy-fuel cutting (up to 10 torches), laser surface treatment, and drilling (up to 3.5" diameter). Orders are delivered via a 22-truck fleet or picked up at one of five branches.

Product overview

Metalium is a steel distribution company offering a unified portfolio of steel products and metal processing services. The core offering centers on Steel Distribution (beams, plates, sheets, bars, and tubes) supplemented by six precision metal processing services: Cut-to-Length, Laser Processing, Plasma Cutting, Oxy-Fuel Cutting, and Drilling and Marking. Together, these services provide a comprehensive solution from raw steel supply through custom fabrication, serving industries including transportation infrastructure, structural steel, electrical transmission towers, rail/metro systems, marine industry, energy, mining, forestry, and manufacturing across Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Steel Distribution Core wholesale steel distribution service offering a complete inventory of beams, plates, sheets, bars (shapes), and tubing with fast and reliable delivery across Eastern Canada (Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces). Targeted at industrial, construction, infrastructure, and manufacturing businesses.
• Cut-to-Length Processing
• Laser Processing
• Plasma Cutting
• Oxy-Fuel Cutting
• Drilling and Marking

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Steel Plus Network (Acier Plus)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMetalium is a proud member of the Steel Plus network - a collective strength dedicated to customer success. This partnership provides additional distribution reach and collaborative purchasing power within the steel distribution industry.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Ryerson: U.S.-based metals service center company offering a broad product range and value-added processing across North America. Overlaps directly with Metalium's combination of commodity steel distribution and cut-to-length/drilling services.
• Samuel, Son & Co. Canadian-headquartered metals distributor and processor with extensive North American service-center footprint. Closely aligned steel and aluminum distribution plus value-added processing model, serving construction, manufacturing, and energy end markets.
• Russel Metals: Canada's largest steel and metals distributor with extensive service-center operations and value-added processing across Canada. Directly comparable business model combining commodity distribution with cutting, drilling, and fabrication services, though at materially larger scale than Metalium.
• Kloeckner Metals: Global steel and metals distributor with strong North American operations and significant in-house processing capacity (cutting, drilling, fabrication). Comparable distribution-plus-processing business model serving similar industrial and construction verticals.

Emerging players

• Metal Supermarkets: Franchised small-quantity metals distributor with extensive North American footprint. Adjacent to Metalium's model but skewed toward smaller-quantity buyers and retail-style service rather than project-scale B2B distribution.

Regional players

• Acier Leroux: Quebec-based steel distributor serving Eastern Canadian industrial and construction customers. Direct geographic overlap in Quebec with Metalium, making it a close regional competitor for project bid flow across the same market.
• Vulcan Metals & Processing: Independent steel service center offering cutting, drilling, and distribution similar to Metalium. Comparable regional metals processor serving construction and industrial customers in overlapping geographies.
• Bourque Industrial Steel: Eastern Canada-based steel service center offering distribution and processing to industrial customers. Comparable regional footprint and product/process offering for construction and manufacturing markets adjacent to Metalium's core territory.

Broad incumbents

• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: The largest North American metals service center operator with hundreds of locations and significant processing capabilities. A broader incumbent that overlaps with Metalium's product/process offering and competes for large-project bids across North America.
• Gerdau: Major Brazilian-owned long products steel producer with North American operations including downstream service centers. Upstream-and-downstream competitor that combines primary steel production with distribution in markets adjacent to Metalium's.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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