TPC Metals.

What TPC Metals. does

TPC Metals, LLC is a privately held, US-based flat rolled steel service center founded circa 1960 as Tinplate Purchasing Corp. and now headquartered in Willowbrook, Illinois. The company positions itself as the oldest tin mill service center in North America, with processing operations centered in Canton and Bryan, Ohio, and stocks over $10 million of tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, cold rolled, galvanized, and hot rolled steel for sale and processing. Its customer base is described as "major can companies" and broader industrial manufacturers served both domestically and internationally.

The company's offering centers on two core processing services. Sheeting is performed on a Littell cut-to-length line capable of speeds up to 450 feet per minute and tolerances suited to tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, and aluminum. Slitting is performed across four coil slitters (60", 48", 36", and 18") with computerized shim-less tooling, looping pits, rotary tensioning units, DC-driven heads, automatic edge controls, deburring rolls, overarm separators, and precision oiling systems. A Pro-Eco 60" x 240" blanking line rounds out the line, with capacity for coils up to 45,000 lbs and cut lengths from 18 to 192 inches. The company also processes customer-owned materials including aluminum, stainless steel, and pre-painted coils.

TPC Metals operates on a B2B, sales-led model with quote-based pricing and no public price list. Distribution is direct to industrial customers via phone and an online quote request form, supported by just-in-time delivery programs, a 100-ton overhead crane system, rail access, and dual loading docks. Revenue derives from two streams: sales of steel products from the company's inventory, and processing services performed on customer-owned material. No revenue figure, headcount, ownership structure, or external investors are disclosed in the available data.

Name

TPC Metals.

Legal name

TPC Metals, LLC

Website

https://tpcmetals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

TPC Metals, LLC is a privately held US flat rolled steel service center, founded circa 1960, that provides precision sheeting and slitting of tinplate and related steels to major can companies and industrial manufacturers from facilities in Ohio and Illinois.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Service Center / Flat Rolled Steel Processing

NAICS

Sheet Metal Work Manufacturing (332322), Rolling and Drawing of Purchased Steel (33122)

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Coated & Plated Steel (Galvanized, Galvalume, Tinplate, Electrogalvanized, Color-Coated) (IMAKABAG)

Keywords

• Steel service center
• Flat rolled steel
• Precision coil slitting
• Cut to length sheeting
• Tinplate processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Willowbrook

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel Product Sales: TPC Metals operates as a steel service center selling tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, cold rolled, galvanized, and hot rolled steel products from their extensive inventory. Revenue is generated through product sales with pricing based on material type, quantity, and specifications.
2. Processing Services: The company processes customer-owned materials including precision sheeting and slitting services. They welcome opportunities to process customer materials using their advanced equipment capabilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TPC Metals is a flat rolled steel service center that sells tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, cold rolled, galvanized, and hot rolled steel products from its inventory while providing precision sheeting (Littell cut-to-length line) and coil slitting services. The company also processes customer-owned materials including aluminum, stainless steel, and pre-painted coils at its Canton, Ohio facility, with $10M+ in stocked inventory and just-in-time delivery programs.

Product overview

TPC Metals is a flat rolled steel service center offering two core processing services: Sheeting and Slitting. The company operates precision Littell cut-to-length lines for sheeting operations and multiple coil slitters (60", 48", 36", and 18" slitters) for slitting operations. TPC Metals processes materials including tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, aluminum, cold rolled, galvanized, and hot rolled steel. The company also offers inventory stocking and just-in-time delivery programs. Processing facilities are located in Canton, Ohio with administrative headquarters in Willowbrook, Illinois.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Sheeting Precision sheeting services using a Littell cut-to-length line capable of operating at speeds up to 450 feet per minute, processing materials including tinplate, blackplate, tin free steel, and aluminum into rectangular and scroll sheet configurations with close tolerances. The Pro-Eco 60" x 240" blanking line processes thicknesses from 0.009" to 0.104 inches with cut lengths from 18 to 192 inches. Targeted at industrial manufacturers and can companies.
• Slitting Coil slitting services engineered with computerized shim-less tooling, looping pits, rotary tensioning units, DC driven heads, automatic edge controls, deburring rolls, and overarm separators. Capable of processing coils up to 40,000 pounds with slit widths as narrow as 3/16 inch across four slitters (60", 48", 36", and 18"). Thickness range from 0.006" to 0.125". Designed for industrial manufacturers and can companies requiring precision slit coils.

Quantifiable outcome

• Speeds up to 450 feet per minute on sheeting operations
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature7 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kloeckner Metals: Global flat-rolled and specialty metals service center providing slitting, cut-to-length and processing. Competes with TPC for tinplate and light-gauge processing business in North America.
• Russel Metals: North American metals service center group with flat-rolled processing operations across Canada and the US, serving similar industrial customer base with a broader product portfolio.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum: Largest metals service center operator in North America with hundreds of processing facilities and a broad carbon/stainless/aluminum portfolio. Overlaps with TPC in flat-rolled processing but operates at vastly greater scale and breadth.

Direct peers

• Olympic Steel: Flat-rolled steel service center providing slitting, shearing, cut-to-length and processing of carbon, stainless and aluminum products to industrial customers across the US.
• Worthington Industries (Worthington Steel): Flat-rolled steel processor with extensive slitting, cut-to-length and blanking capabilities serving similar industrial and metal-packaging customers. Most direct competitor to TPC's processing model at a much larger scale.
• National Material Processing: Flat-rolled steel and aluminum processor with multiple slitting and cut-to-length lines serving metal packaging, automotive and industrial markets — closely comparable toll-processing model.
• Steel Technologies: Flat-rolled steel service center operating slitting, cut-to-length and blanking lines for automotive, appliance and packaging customers. Highly comparable processing footprint and customer overlap in metal packaging.
• MidWest Materials: Flat-rolled steel service center specializing in cold-rolled, galvanized and light-gauge products with slitting and cut-to-length capabilities — closely comparable niche to TPC's flat-rolled focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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