Eagle Steel & Metal Products

What Eagle Steel & Metal Products does

Eagle Steel & Metal Products is a Louisville, Kentucky-based industrial services company that provides steel and metal warehousing, processing, and multi-modal logistics. The company operates a 140,000 sq ft Class 1 storage facility on Collins Lane directly adjacent to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, paired with a 16-tractor dedicated fleet (including one 80-ton heavy hauler), barge stevedoring at the Port of Indiana's Clark Maritime Center, and in-house slitting and processing capabilities. Its service portfolio — warehousing, processing, slitting, barge stevedoring, logistics, and direct sales — is integrated around Just-In-Time delivery for industrial customers rather than organized as a modular software platform, and the company operates no proprietary technology systems per the source material.

The company's revenue model is primarily direct B2B industrial services, selling warehousing, processing capacity, and transportation to enterprise customers in the automotive, appliance, office products, and construction industries within the Greater Louisville metropolitan area, with a complementary 3PL channel via affiliated Eagle Freight Solutions. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and contracts appear to be negotiated enterprise arrangements rather than standardized SKUs. The firm is privately held, founded in 1982 by Shirley Ohta and Charles Moore as the first minority-owned strip steel processing facility in the US, and has been owned since March 2019 by Kestrel Co. Inc., a family investment vehicle led by Shelby Ray as President and CEO. The company maintains its certified Minority & Women-owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) status, which is a meaningful element of its commercial positioning for OEM supplier diversity programs.

Operationally, the company is small (11-50 employees, single Louisville location) and single-asset-concentrated on the Ford-adjacent warehouse, having divested its Jeffersonville, Indiana operation to Metals USA in 2010. The customer base is dominated by Ford Motor Company, with no other enterprise logos disclosed, making customer concentration the single most material risk factor in the business.

Name

Eagle Steel & Metal Products

Legal name

Eagle Steel & Metal Products

Website

https://eaglesmp.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Eagle Steel & Metal Products is a Louisville, Kentucky-based steel warehousing, processing, and multi-modal logistics provider operating a 140,000 sq ft facility adjacent to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant, serving automotive, appliance, office products, and construction customers as a certified MWBE.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Steel Warehousing and Distribution

SIC

Sheet Metal Work (3444)

akta.pro primary industry

Steel Products Trading & Service Centers (Flat, Long, Pipe & Tube, Rebar) (IMAKAJAB)

Keywords

• Steel warehousing services
• Metal distribution
• Strip steel slitting
• Industrial logistics
• Steel processing

Headquarters

HQ city

Louisville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Steel and Metal Warehousing: Provides warehousing services for steel and metal products with 140,000 square feet of Class 1 storage facility located adjacent to Ford KY Plant in Louisville, Kentucky.
2. Logistics and Transportation: Multi-modal transportation services including dedicated truck fleet operations with 16 tractors and trailers, one 80-ton heavy hauler, 24/7 deliveries, and barge stevedoring capabilities. Just-In-Time delivery service.
3. Metal Processing: Steel and metal processing services including slitting operations.
4. Direct Sales: Direct sales of steel and metal products to automotive, appliance, office products, and construction industry customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Eagle Steel & Metal Products operates a 140,000 sq ft Class 1 steel and metal warehousing and distribution facility adjacent to Ford's Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. The company provides integrated warehousing, steel processing (slitting), direct sales of steel and metal products, and multi-modal logistics including barge stevedoring and a dedicated truck fleet with 24/7 Just-In-Time delivery to automotive, appliance, office products, and construction manufacturers.

Product overview

Eagle Steel & Metal Products is a steel and metal warehousing and distribution company operating as a single unified service offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company provides an integrated suite of services including warehousing (140,000 SQ FT Class 1 storage facility in Louisville, KY), logistics (dedicated truck fleet with 24/7 deliveries), processing, slitting, barge stevedoring, and direct sales. The portfolio is organized around the core warehousing and distribution business, supplemented by affiliated 3PL services through Eagle Freight Solutions. The company serves automotive, appliance, office products, and construction industries with Just-In-Time delivery capabilities, positioning itself as a certified minority and women-owned business enterprise.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Warehousing Steel and metal warehousing and distribution services in a 140,000 sq ft Class 1 storage facility adjacent to the Ford KY Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. Available for industrial customers in automotive, appliance, office products, and construction industries.
• Logistics Comprehensive logistics services including a dedicated truck fleet of 16 tractors and trailers, 24/7 deliveries, and one 80-ton heavy hauler for specialized transport. Supports both rail and truck shipments with Just-In-Time delivery.
• Slitting Strip steel slitting services performed at the Collins Lane facility in Louisville, KY. Eagle was the first minority-owned and operated strip steel processing facility in the US.
• Processing Steel and metal processing services performed at the Collins Lane facility in Louisville, KY, including slitting operations.
• Barge Stevedoring Barge stevedoring services for multi-modal transportation operations along the Ohio River, supporting cargo handling for steel and metal products.
• Direct Sales Direct sales of steel and metal products to customers in automotive, appliance, office products, and construction industries in the Greater Louisville Kentucky Metropolitan area.
• Eagle Freight Solutions (3PL) Third-party logistics (3PL) capabilities for comprehensive supply chain management and transportation services, provided through partner Eagle Freight Solutions.

Quantifiable outcome

• Just-In-Time delivery capability for automotive manufacturers

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Eagle Freight SolutionscoreOthersEagle Freight Solutions provides third-party logistics (3PL) capabilities as a partner to Eagle Steel & Metal Products, extending the company's logistics and transportation service offerings to customers.
• Ford Motor CompanycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFord's Kentucky Truck Plant is located adjacent to Eagle Steel & Metal Products' warehouse facility, enabling Just-In-Time service capabilities and strong operational proximity for automotive supply chain needs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Mill Steel Company: Privately held, family-owned U.S. flat-rolled steel service center founded in 1959, providing slitting, blanking, cut-to-length, and JIT delivery. Closely analogous in ownership structure, processing capabilities, and end-market mix to Eagle.
• Olympic Steel: U.S. metals service center operating processing and distribution facilities for carbon, stainless, and aluminum flat-rolled products. Direct competitor in flat-rolled steel processing and JIT distribution to industrial end markets.
• Kloeckner Metals: North American metals service center (subsidiary of Klöckner & Co.) providing steel and aluminum processing, distribution, and fabricated parts. Comparable mix of warehousing, slitting, and JIT supply to OEMs.
• Service Steel Warehouse Co. Privately held metals service center providing structural steel, flat-rolled processing, and fabrication across the Midwest. Comparable mid-size private service center competing for similar OEM and industrial customers.
• Ryerson Holding Corporation: Publicly traded metals service center and processor offering distribution, processing (including slitting), and supply chain solutions across the U.S. Closest large-scale comparable to Eagle's warehousing + processing + distribution model, though at vastly greater scale.
• Heidtman Steel Products: Privately held flat-rolled steel processor with multiple facilities serving automotive and industrial customers via slitting, blanking, and cut-to-length. Highly comparable business model to Eagle, including JIT automotive supply.

Broad incumbents

• Worthington Enterprises (formerly Worthington Industries): Diversified steel processor with pressure cylinder, steel processing, and consumer products operations. Operates a significant Steel Processing segment providing slitting, blanking, and other value-added services to OEMs.
• Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. Largest U.S. metals service center operator with a national footprint of processing and distribution facilities. Acquired Metals USA in 2013, the same Metals USA that previously acquired Eagle Steel's Jeffersonville operation — historically and structurally connected.

Regional players

• Ohio River Metal Services: Operates the Jeffersonville, Indiana facility that was Eagle Steel Products' former operation, sold to Metals USA in 2010. Effectively a historical sibling entity serving the same KY/IN market from the opposite side of the Ohio River.
• Metalwest (Novolipetsk Steel / NLMK subsidiary): Flat-rolled steel service center operating processing and distribution facilities in the western and central U.S. Provides slitting, blanking, and warehousing comparable to Eagle's processing footprint, though at greater scale and broader geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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