Business Highlights

Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) is committed to supplying industry with specialized steel products through our network of steel service center located across the U.S. and Mexico.

Through this integrated network, including steel mill depots, customers have coast-to-coast access to operations in California, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, and Tennessee. In addition, a steel service center in Mexico supplies automotive parts and household appliance industries for that market.

SCOA steel service centers offer their customers state-of-the-art processing capabilities and cutting-edge information technology systems. Our service centers have the ability to link directly to our customers manufacturing plants, ensuring all orders are cost-effectively supplied on a just-in-time basis.

SCOA facilities meet automotive, electrical and industrial manufacturers' high demands for steel products. Industry leaders such as the automotive industry's Big Three depend on our steel service centers to process steel sheets and other parts to customers' precise specifications.

Summit Stainless Steel, LLC
A master distributor of stainless steel products, Summit Stainless Steel, LLC has six warehouses in the United States ranging in size from 30,000 to 50,000 square feet..

Noble Summit Metal Processing
A joint venture created by Sumitomo Corporation and Sumitomo Corporation of America with Noble International, Ltd., Noble Summit will supply laser welded steel blanks to auto manufacturing plants in Mexico.

SET Enterprises, Warren, MI
In late 2003, SET Enterprises acquired Michigan Steel Processing (MSP) from Sumitomo Corporation of America (SCOA) and at the same time, established a strategic alliance with SCOA. The purchase of Michigan Steel Processing and the strategic alliance with SCOA, coupled with SET's existing relationship with Noble International, expanded SET's scale of operations and processing capabilities.

Serviliámina Summit Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. Querétaro, Mexico
This steel service center established in 1993 to meet the just-in-time delivery requirements for Mexico's automotive parts and household appliance industries, is strategically located near automotive companies in the city of Querétaro, the geographical center of Mexico.

SteelSummit Holdings, Inc., Cincinnati, OH; Nashville, TN; Greenville, SC; Frankfort, IN; and Vicksburg, MS
SteelSummit Holdings, Inc., headquartered in New York, with QS9000 certified steel service centers in Cincinnati, Ohio; Nashville, Tenn.; Greenville, SC; Frankfort, IN; and Vicksburg, MS was established through the reorganization of steel service centers in December 2000, serves the automotive and appliance industries, among other manufacturers.

SCOA Rolled Steel Industry Accolades
Union Pacific Outstanding Supplier Award: Arkansas Steel Associates, a SCOA subsidiary and leading North American supplier of tie tracks, and Nippon Steel Corporation, a rail manufacturer, were recognized by Union Pacific for their reliable supply and distribution of high quality tie plates and rail.