Alro Steel Is Acquiring Heimansohn Steel

Alro Steel has reached an agreement to acquire Heimansohn Steel in Clarksville, Tennessee. The expected close date is July 28, 2023. Heimansohn Steel was founded in 1896 by Lui Heimansohn, and owned by Curt and Lawrence Mize, representing the third and fourth generations of the family.

Heimansohn Steel is a metals service center with processing services that include metal cutting, shearing, drilling, punching and bending. This purchase enables Alro to grow its customer base in Tennessee and Kentucky, while providing enhanced product offerings, processing and delivery for cut-to-order metals. 

“We are thrilled to join another family-owned company whose top priority is also customer service. It has been our pleasure to serve Clarksville and the surrounding areas with superior customer service for the last 127 years,” says Lawrence Mize, vice president, Heimansohn Steel. “We want to thank each and every one of our customers for the many years of success. With this acquisition, we will be able to fulfill even more of your metal needs with the addition of more inventory and processing capabilities.”

The Heimanshon Steel facility and employees will continue serving customers under the Alro name. “We are excited to welcome Heimansohn Steel to the Alro family,” says Randy Glick, CEO, Alro Steel. “This acquisition will benefit our customers with expanded inventories of metals and plastics plus additional processing capabilities.”  

Alro Steel was founded in 1948 by brothers Al and Robert Glick and is celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2023. The company is a distributor of metals, industrial supplies and performance plastics. Alro is focused on offering cut-to-size metals and plastics with next-day delivery to more than 50,000 customers in North America. Alro operates more than 75 locations in 16 states and provides a broad inventory of products under the following companies: Alro Steel, Alro Metals, Alro Metals Outlet, Alro Industrial Supply and Alro Plastics.