Crest Steel is a "mid-size" company in the $50 billion Steel Service Center industry. Approximately 45% of Crest's customers are manufacturers, 50% are fabricators, and 5% are heavy construction contractors.

The Crest Steel Story

Key milestones:

• Founded in 1963 by Phil Steinberg, who several years earlier played baseball for UCLA and the San Francisco Seals.


• Entered into a joint venture with a major Japanese trading company in 1970.


• Opened a Phoenix branch in the early 70s.


• Moved its distribution and processing facility from Wilmington to Riverside, California, in 1990.


• Became a major distributor of structurals in the late 90s


• Purchased by Reliance Steel in early 2007