O’Neal Industries merges four affiliates to form United Performance Metals

O’Neal Industries (ONI), Birmingham, Ala., a family-owned group of metals service centers, has announced the merger and operations integration of four affiliates: Aerodyne Alloys, Plus Ten Stainless, United Performance Metals, and Vulcanium Metals Intl. to form United Performance Metals (UPM).

As a result of the merger and operations integration, UPM’s inventory will include stainless steel, duplex stainless steel, Prodec®, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, cobalt chrome moly, titanium, aluminum, and alloy steel in coil, sheet, strip, plate, bar, and near-net shapes. The newly formed company serves customers in industries including aerospace, fastener, medical, power generation, oil and gas, and semiconductor.

UPM uses proprietary FIRSTCUT+® processing services that include cut-to-length, leveling, slitting, edging, chamfering and facing, shearing, laser cutting, laser gauge measurement, waterjet cutting, plasma cutting, sawing, precision cold saw cutting, precision blanking, first-stage machining, heat treating, ultrasonic testing, boring, trepanning, and deburring.

The Cincinnati-based company also has facilities in Oakland, Calif.; Los Angeles; Hartford, Conn.; Chicago; Greenville, S.C.; Houston; Singapore; Hungary; and Northern Ireland.