What Three D Metals does

Three D Metals, Inc. is a family-owned, Ohio-headquartered metal processor and distributor founded in 1972, operating 325,000 sq ft of production facilities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico with 170+ employees. The company supplies a broad ferrous and non-ferrous metals portfolio — copper (bar, coil, rod, plate, sheet, pipe, extruded shapes), aluminum (bus pipe, bus bar, coil, sheet), high carbon steel, brass, and bronze — alongside welding consumables carried under the Williams Metals brand acquired in 2016. Its processing capabilities include precision slitting, shearing, sawing, cutting, oscillate winding, waterjet cutting, and custom fabrication, anchored by two proprietary technologies: the 3D Power Edge for transformer copper coils and a proprietary edging process introduced in 1989.

The company sells primarily to enterprise customers in six verticals: utilities and power generation, electrical equipment manufacturing, data centers, automotive, construction, and aerospace/defense. Go-to-market is sales-led, with territory managers, an inside sales team, a VP of Sales, and quote-based transaction pricing under Net 30 terms. Distribution is direct, supported by an owned truck fleet and freight carrier alliances, with JIT and flexible minimum-release-quantity arrangements. Multi-location ISO 9001 certification across US, Mexico, and Canada serves as a key qualification credential for aerospace, defense, and utility buyers.

Revenue is generated through one-time sale of physical metal products and value-added processing services, with pricing set per quote and subject to adjustment for tariffs and trade policy. The company is privately held under continuous family control — CEO/President Chris Berry succeeded David Dickens Jr. in 2020 after 33 years inside the business — with no external funding rounds, public listing, or M&A beyond the 2016 Williams Metals acquisition. Recent strategic activity emphasizes geographic expansion into Mexico (2024), capacity investments in Birmingham and St. Louis, and content positioning around AI data center copper demand and US grid modernization.

Name

Three D Metals

Legal name

Three D Metals, Inc.

Website

https://threedmetals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1972

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Three D Metals is a family-owned metal processor and distributor founded in 1972, supplying copper, aluminum, high carbon steel, brass, bronze, and welding consumables to utilities, electrical equipment manufacturers, data centers, automotive, construction, and aerospace and defense customers across the Americas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Valley City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Metal Product Sales: Direct sale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals including copper, aluminum, brass, bronze, high carbon steel, and welding filler metals. Transaction-based pricing with quote system. Net 30 payment terms. Revenue generated through sale of raw materials with flexible delivery programs including JIT (Just-In-Time) arrangements.
2. Metal Processing Services: Value-added processing services including slitting, shearing, sawing, cutting, oscillate winding, and custom fabrication. Services provided to enhance customer products and support production schedules.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Three D Metals is a family-owned full-service metal supplier that processes and distributes ferrous and non-ferrous metal products including copper, aluminum, high carbon steel, brass, bronze, and welding filler metals to industrial customers. The company complements its metal product portfolio with value-added processing services such as precision slitting, shearing, sawing, waterjet cutting, oscillate winding, and custom fabrication. Products are sold on a quote basis with Net 30 terms and delivered via the company's own fleet and freight carrier partners, supported by flexible JIT supply arrangements across facilities in the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Product overview

Three D Metals is a full-service metal supplier offering a diverse portfolio of ferrous and non-ferrous metal products. Their core offerings include copper (bar, coil, rod, plate, sheet, pipe, and extruded shapes), aluminum (bus pipe, bus bar, coil, sheet, plate, rod), high carbon steel, brass, and bronze. Through the 2016 acquisition of Williams Metals, they also offer welding filler metals under the Williams brand. Processing capabilities include precision slitting, shearing, sawing, cutting, waterjet services, and custom fabrication, supported by their own truck fleet for flexible JIT delivery across the Americas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Copper Products

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% satisfaction target on every order
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Williams Metals & Welding AlloyscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Acquired Williams Metals in 2016, expanding product offerings to include full-line of welding consumables including nickel wire and silver brazing wire. Added multiple locations and approximately 30 different brands of welding materials. Combined expertise in slit copper coil products with Williams' long products expertise (bar, rod, sheet, plate).
• Paxam MetalscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1988Acquired Paxam Metals in 1988 to serve Canadian customers. The company was a large steel supplier that came with a copper line to produce coils, expanding Three D Metals' capabilities and geographic reach.
• Freight CarriersminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorStrategic alliances with common freight carriers complement the company's own fleet of trucks to ensure reliable product delivery to customers across the Americas.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Worthington Enterprises: Diversified metal processor and pressure cylinder manufacturer with significant steel processing operations. Overlapping capabilities in metal processing but with a much broader product portfolio beyond pure distribution.
• Marmon/Keystone: Berks Hathaway-owned metals service center operating across North America distributing pipe, tube, bar, sheet, and plate in carbon, stainless, and aluminum. Overlap with Three D Metals in metals distribution but as part of a much larger conglomerate.
• ThyssenKrupp Materials NA: North American subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp distributing carbon steel, stainless, aluminum, copper, brass, and specialty alloys with extensive processing services. Broad incumbent competitor in metals service center space.

Direct peers

• Ryerson Holding Corporation: Public metal processor and distributor with operations across the US, Canada, and Mexico offering aluminum, stainless, carbon, alloy, and copper products with value-added processing. Closest direct competitor in scale and product mix.
• Russel Metals: Canadian-headquartered metal service center with operations across Canada and the US, distributing steel, aluminum, and specialty metals. Direct competitor, particularly relevant given overlapping Canadian and US footprints.
• Olympic Steel: US-based metal service center specializing in steel, aluminum, and stainless processing and distribution with multiple plant locations. Comparable mid-cap competitor with similar processing and distribution capabilities.
• Kloeckner Metals: International metal service center with substantial US presence distributing and processing carbon steel, aluminum, stainless, and specialty metals. Direct competitor in distribution-plus-processing model.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Largest metal service center operator in North America (~15,000+ employees) processing and distributing carbon steel, aluminum, stainless, copper, brass, and specialty alloys. Most direct competitor by business model, with broader scale and product breadth.
• Samuel, Son & Co. Family-founded North American metal service center and processor distributing steel, aluminum, stainless, and specialty metals across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Highly comparable as a family-owned, multi-country metals distributor.

Emerging players

• Metal Supermarkets: Franchise-based small-quantity metal supplier with hundreds of locations across North America, distributing steel, aluminum, copper, and other metals to smaller buyers. Adjacent competitor with overlapping product range but very different customer profile and scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 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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