Worthington Buys Heidtman’s Cleveland Facility

Heidtman’s 278,000-square-foot facility, constructed in 2004, includes pickling and slitting of hot rolled carbon flat rolled steel for the automotive, heavy truck, agriculture and heavy equipment markets and is adjacent to the ArcelorMittal steel mill. The facility is non-union and employs approximately 100 workers. It will complement Worthington’s network of facilities in northeast Ohio, including its cold rolled steel processing facility in Cleveland and Samuel Steel Pickling Co., a joint venture, in Cleveland and Twinsburg, Ohio, the company said.

“Heidtman continues to focus on providing our customers with a higher level of value-added products, processes and services. The Cleveland operation has predominantly been a toll processing facility under Heidtman, and the sale of the operation to Worthington allows Heidtman to better focus our resources on growing our business. We will continue to service our Cleveland–based sales customers through the toll processing arrangement with Worthington,” said Heidtman President and CEO Tim Berra. Heidtman declined further comment on the details of the transaction.

Worthington Industries, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, is a global diversified metals manufacturing company with 71 facilities in seven countries and 2019 fiscal year net sales of $3.8 billion. Heidtman Steel, based in Toledo, Ohio, is a family-owned service center and processor with eight direct and joint venture facilities in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio and annual revenues of approximately $740 million. Worthington is ranked No. 9 and Heidtman No. 21 in the latest Service Center Top 50 from Metal Center News.