Worthington Steel inks deal to buy Germany's Kloeckner, valued at $2.4B
Worthington Steel has announced it will acquire Germany's Kloeckner & Co, creating second-largest steel service company in North America.
Worthington Steel has announced it will acquire Germany's Kloeckner & Co, creating second-largest steel service company in North America.
Worthington Steel executives emphasized on an earnings conference call on Thursday that the company’s standout fiscal Q2 performance came from capturing new automotive business, with direct automotive shipments rising 26% year over year.
Worthington Steel reported higher profits and sales in its fiscal second quarter of 2026.
Worthington Steel is in talks to possibly take over German-based service center chain Klöckner & Co. SE, both companies have confirmed.
Worthington Steel saw a strong first quarter to kick off its fiscal 2026 as both profits and sales notched increases.
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has added Worthington Steel to its membership roster and elected Geoff Gilmore, president and chief executive officer of the steel processor, to its board of directors.
The chief executives from Majestic Steel, Olympic Steel, and Worthington Steel swapped notes on inventory discipline, customer trust, and the race to turn AI from hype into results.
CEO Geoff Gilmore praised his employees for gaining market share, filling open capacity, and exceeding customer expectations.
Worthington Steel earnings rose while sales fell in its fiscal fourth quarter.
The Ohio-based steel processor is now the majority owner of Italy's Sitem Group, which has six manufacturing sites across Italy, Switzerland, Slovakia, and France.
Worthington Steel is preparing to move its corporate headquarters to the Easton area of Columbus, Ohio.
This is the Ohio-based steelmaker’s fourth time winning the award.
Lower volumes and steel prices dampened Worthington Steel’s profits, but market momentum is building, the metals processor said in its most recent quarterly earnings report.
Worthington Steel confirmed it is closing the Worthington Samuel Coil Processing (WSCP) facility in Cleveland. WSCP is a joint venture between Worthington Steel and Oakville, Ontario-based Samuel, Son & Co.
"Personally, I find it very hard to believe that we would be in a trade war with Mexico and Canada for more than a few months at any given time. I don't know how Mexico and Canada could survive that. That's a recession for them. That's a few points off GDP for us - my opinion.”
Worthington Steel's CEO feels optimistic as the company heads into its second year as a standalone company.
Depressed demand and weak prices drove Worthington Steel’s second fiscal quarter results to a sequential decline.
Worthington Steel has reached an agreement to acquire a controlling equity stake in Italian-based electric motor lamination producer Sitem SpA.
Worthington Steel has named Cliff Larivey as the company’s president of flat-rolled steel processing, effective Dec. 1. He will replace Jeff Klingler, who had been performing the role for the past year.
Worthington Steel’s earnings tumbled in its fiscal first quarter of 2025. The company cited a drop in selling prices and tons sold for the sales dip for the three months ended Aug. 31.
SMU Senior Analyst and Editor David Schollaert sat down with leading steel service center executives at the SMU Steel Summit 2024 in Atlanta to discuss the issues affecting the industry.
There are just 40 days left until the 2024 SMU Steel Summit gets underway on Aug. 26 at the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) in Atlanta. And I’m pleased to announce that it's official now: More than 1,000 people have registered to at attend! Another big development: The desktop version of the networking app for the event has officially launched!
Worthington Steel’s earnings slipped in its fiscal fourth quarter while sales ticked up.
Now that June has arrived, the official countdown until SMU’s Steel Summit 2024 – North America’s premier flat-rolled steel conference – has begun. If you haven’t already registered, don’t delay. More than 700 attendees from more than 300 companies have already registered to be in Atlanta this August. In short, it’s poised to be another […]
We’re just a few months away from SMU’s Steel Summit 2024 – North America’s premier flat-rolled steel conference.
The major steel-handling port in Burns Harbor, Ind., is getting substantial infrastructure upgrades.
Non-refillable steel cylinder imports from India are subject to new antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD).
There’s that concept from Adam Smith we all learn about in our Econ 101 classes: The Invisible Hand. A simple Google search will provide a refresh, but if memory serves I would classify it as something akin to “the market is magic” or “the market’s gonna market.” Today, obviously, we live in a mixed environment. There are a lot of hands out there, and they’re not too difficult to see. In this election year of 2024, one of the most visible hands out there probably belongs to the federal government.
Worthington Steel is taking a pause on M&A activity as it focuses on progressing its electrical steel expansions in Mexico and Canada.
Worthington Steel’s profits jumped in its fiscal third quarter of 2024 vs. a year earlier, its first quarter as a standalone company.