Ryerson (company)

Ryerson
Public
Traded as NYSE: RYI
Industry Metals
Founded 1842
Headquarters Chicago, Illinois
Website www.ryerson.com

Ryerson is a metals distributor and processor founded in 1842.[1] A subsidiary of Inland Steel from 1935 to 1996, it became an independent company in 1999 as Ryerson Tull, Inc. The company became Ryerson, Inc. 2006 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. In 2008, the company was acquired by Platinum Equity, a holding company based in Beverly Hills, California; at this time, it was renamed Ryerson Holding Corporation. In 2014, the company went public,[2] and trades under the NYSE symbol RYI. Ryerson's distribution and processing capabilities encompass the following product categories:

Notes

  1. "Fortune 500:Illinois". money.cnn.com. Cable News Network LP, LLLP. A Time Warner Company. 2007-04-30. Retrieved 2007-04-23.
  2. "Ryerson Goes Public with IPO of 11 Million Shares > Metal Center News > Current News". www.metalcenternews.com. Retrieved 2016-02-05.


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