Bushwick Metals acquires Tarco Steel

Bushwick Metals LLC, Bridgeport, Conn., has announced the acquisition of Tarco Steel Inc. and Metal Fab LLC, a steel service center and fabrication shop in Binghamton, N.Y. The companies will now be known as Tarco Steel, a Division of Bushwick Metals LLC.

The service center serves the energy, manufacturing, steel fabrication, construction, and maintenance industries in central New York and northeast Pennsylvania. Main product offerings include carbon and stainless steel, steel long products, sheet, plate, and fabricated and straight rebar.

Tarco Steel and Metal Fab also provide such value-added services as cutting, machining, and light fabrication. The facility includes 1,200 sq. ft. of office space, two warehouse buildings with a total of 47,000 sq. ft. and five overhead cranes, and 50,000 sq. ft. of outdoor storage. The companies employ about 35 people.

Stewart Lichtman, Bushwick Metals commercial vice president, will oversee the Tarco Steel operation; former owner Janet Beal will serve as the branch manager.