Triple-S extends reach, buys Colombian chain of centers

May 10, 2012 | 12:26 PM | Corinna Petry

Tags  Triple-S Steel, Gary Stein, Alfredo Steckerl, Colombia, Benjamin Schmulson, service center

CHICAGO — Service-center operator Triple-S Steel Holdings Inc. has acquired Alfredo Steckerl Hierros y Aceros SA, a service center chain based in Barranquilla, Colombia.

"We are very pleased and excited to make Colombia the site of our first general line steel service center in South America," Triple-S chief executive officer Gary Stein said in a statement. "While we have exported....





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