Flack Global Metals To Open First Physical Location in Houston

FGM selected Houston for its strategic advantages. The primary one: the Port of Houston is one of the largest steel ports in North America, handling more than 1.3 million tons of steel in the first quarter alone.

“We are thrilled to be a part of the North Shore Steel campus with its proximity to the Port of Houston, including barge, rail, and truck access,” FGM founder and CEO Jeremy Flack said. “We see this as yet another way to help clients engineer supply chains that limit volatility and expand optionality.”

FGM Houston will bring additional slitting capabilities to the steel campus, including:

• 0.012” minimum up to 0.135”maximum thickness capabilities
• Up to 66” wide master coil
• 72” maximum coil OD, 30” minimum coil OD
• 20” ID or 24” ID acceptable
• 60,000 lb. maximum entry and exit coil weight
• 6,000 TPM capacity

“We are excited to welcome the Flack team to our campus,” North Shore Steel CEO Byron Cooper said. “We are both mission-driven companies whose core values align. That is the foundation upon which great partnerships are built.”

Founded in 1955, North Shore Steel (NSS) serves fabricators, OEMs, EPCs, resellers, and end users. With locations in Houston and Beaumont, Texas, NSS provides quick delivery across a full range of structural steel, sheet, and plate products.

Flack Global Metals was founded in 2010 with the mission to reinvent how metal is bought and sold. Twelve years later, the company has evolved into a hybrid organization with three distinct lines of business. FGM is an innovative domestic flat-rolled metals distributor and supply chain manager, an international commodities trader, and a global hedge fund.

By Brett Linton, Brett@SteelMarketUpdate.com