Ryerson, 706 Afco Rd, Shreveport, LA 71106, US

Friedman Industries, established in 1965, engages in pipe manufacturing and processing, steel processing, and steel and pipe distribution in the United States. The company s plants are capable of cutting-to-length, leveling and temper-passing hot roll steel coils weighing up to 25-tons. It purchases hot-rolled steel coils, processes the coils into flat, finished sheet, and plate and sells these products on a wholesale basis. The company also manufactures, purchases, processes, and markets tubular products, including line and oil country pipe, and pipe for structural and piling purposes. The firm sells its coil products to steel distributors and customers fabricating steel products, and tubular products to steel and pipe distributors, piling contractors and steel manufacturers. Friedman Industries is headquartered in Houston, and has offices in Lone Star, Texas, Hickman, Ark., and Decatur, Ala.