Thompson Dayton Steel Service

The Thompson Companies, Canton, Mass., have appointed Mary Ryan as chairman and CEO, and Edward Ryan as president and COO. Both Ryans have been with Thompson for more than 20 years, each having served as executive vice president. They oversee and plan continued growth of the companies. The...

A growing manufacturing base in the Southeast spurred Thompson Steel in the mid-1990s to research what type of equipment to purchase for its new facility in Fountain Inn, S.C. The steel supplier had been shipping coils of slit steel from its plants in Baltimore; Franklin Park, Ill.; and Rome, Ga., almost daily to several customers in the area.