Full Line Steel Service Center

As a full line steel service center, Lapham-Hickey Steel is your one stop shop for all your steel, inventory management, and valued added service needs.  Lapham-Hickey Steel offers a wide variety of coil processing and manufacturing services which include: laser, plasma and oxy fuel cutting, press brake forming, welding, slitting, edging, stretch leveling, shot blasting, and sawing and de-burring.

The success of Lapham-Hickey Steel Corporation is a testament to the commitment of the family ownership; now fourth generation, and the great dedication of the outstanding employees who serve our customers every day.

The Lapham-Hickey Steel heritage dates back to 1926 when four partners; Frank Hickey, Edward and Burnham Lapham (brothers) and George Clifford, purchased the Chicago mill depot of the Fitzsimmons Cold Drawn Bar Company of Youngstown, Ohio.  The four partners each brought their own knowledge and expertise: Frank Hickey brought his experience working at the Wisconsin Steel Division of International Harvester with a background in bar products.

The Lapham brothers; employed by the Edgar T. Ward Company in Chicago, brought a real understanding of the flat rolled business. The final piece of the puzzle was George Clifford, who provided additional investment capital needed to acquire the Fitzsimmons Bar Chicago depot.  It didn’t take long for the four partners to see the opportunities in diversifying from just distribution of steel into the processing of the steel.

• Founded in 1926
• Experience in almost every economic and steel market cycle
• Continued growth to our geographic region
• Continued growth in products and services offered to our customers
• Ranked as one of the top 30 Service Centers in the USA
• Family owned, now fourth generation