5/7/2008 - Press Release: For Immediate Distribution

TS Distributors Acquires Chicago Based Ornamental Metals Distributor

National Distributor of Ornamental Metals, Access Controls and Fabrication Supplies Acquires Crescent City Iron Supply of Melrose Park, Illinois

Crescent City Iron Supply, founded and managed by the White family, has been a wholesale supplier to the ornamental metal, fencing, architectural and construction industries for more than 20 years. Based in Chicago, Crescent City serves the needs of professional ironworkers, fence installers, contractors, and fabricators nationwide.

TS Distributors is also a national distributor to metal fabricators and access control professionals. TS Distributor's management has been in the metals distribution business more than 25 years. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, TSD is supported by its experienced staff and one of the most complete inventories in the industry including: ornamental metal components, builders hardware, and access controls as well as a full compliment of structural steel. It is the company's intention to expand further into the Midwest with the soon to be expanded Chicago facility.

The White family will remain active with the company.

Call TS Distributors at 800-392-3655 to request more information.

10/15/2007 - Press Release: For Immediate Distribution

Nationwide Steel Service Center Creates a New Wholesale Hardware and Access Controls Company

TS Distributors to Focus on National Distribution of Ornamental Metals, Access Controls and Fabrication Supplies

To better serve customers' need for competitively priced metal fabrication components, Triple-S Steel Supply created TS Distributors to focus on delivering ornamental metals, access controls, fabrication supplies, tools and accessories to fabricators, contractors, and welders across the nation.

Located in Houston, Texas, TS Distributors opened its doors earlier this year on it 80,000 square foot facility. TSD is supported by its experienced staff, in-house custom fabrication and one of the largest, most complete inventories in the industry including: ornamental metal basics, hard-to-find parts and new exclusive products including everything from prefabricated fence panels to Italian-designed powder-coated balusters. TS Distributors can deliver.

Call TS Distributors at 800-392-3655 or visit www.tsdistributors.com to request more information, to order online, or to request a free, full-color, 330-page catalog.

As one of the nation's top 30 steel service centers*, Triple-S Steel created TS Distributors to continue its longstanding tradition of supplying fabricators with more than just steel. Triple-S was one of the first steel service centers to include these types of hardware/ornamental products with structural steel. Family-owned Triple-S Steel, doing business for nearly 50 years, has outlets in four states and eight cities throughout the United States.

*Metal Center News, September 2007