By Metal Center News Staff on Jan 6, 2021 Roberto M. Alvarez has been appointed CEO of Esmark Steel Group, Chicago. Alvarez became CEO with the start of the year. “Roberto has been a key part of the Esmark enterprise for many years, serving as executive vice president and as a member of the board of directors,” said Jim Bouchard, chairman, Esmark, Inc. “We believe that Roberto’s years of experience, not only with Esmark but also within the broader steel industry, position him as a strong leader as he steps into this next role as chief executive officer of Esmark Steel Group.” “I’m...

Metal Center News By Dan Markham on Sept 11, 2020 Reliance Steel & Aluminum’s revenues of $11 billion in 2019 make it North America’s largest service center company for the 13th straight year. Click here to download the 2020 Top 50 Service centers. There may come a time when Metal Center News’ Top 50 list is not topped by Reliance Steel & Aluminum, but there are no signs of that on the horizon. The Los Angeles-based company maintained its position as North America’s leading metals distribution for the 13th straight year. Though revenues dipped modestly in 2019 to $10.97 billion, the company remains well ahead...

CBS News Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Hurricane relief supplies sent by a Pittsburgh-based company have arrived in Florida at a key time. Water was among the most important supply sent to St. Dominic’s Church in Panama City by Esmark, a Sewickley based company. Esmark sent two trucks loaded with supplies to aid in relief efforts following Hurricane Michael which directly hit the Florida panhandle. Photo Courtesy of Esmark Director of Communications for Esmark, Katie Regan, said that two trucks, one from Pittsburgh and another from Chicago, arrived in Florida with a total of 50,000 bottles of water. The recipients of the supplies were thankful as...

By Metal Center News Staff Esmark, Inc. is coordinating relief efforts for those affected by Hurricane Michael, a category 4 hurricane that ripped through the Florida panhandle this week. Esmark is calling all Pittsburghers to action, requesting donations to be made and dropped off at the Esmark global headquarters in Sewickley on Saturday. The company is making an in-kind donation of a 20-ton truck, a driver, fuel and delivery of all donations received. The truck, which will be filled by the Quaker Valley High School hockey team and other Sewickley area scholar athlete volunteers, will depart on Saturday afternoon for Panama City,...

Staff Reports, The Daily American JOHNSTOWN — The Johnstown Tomahawks local ownership group voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the sale and transfer of ownership stakes of Jim Vasilko to Craig Saylor, who will join the Johnstown Hockey Group, LLC. Saylor, a Jerome resident, is the recently retired Chief Executive Officer for both Somerset Hospital and Somerset Hospital Foundation. He is a board member for JARI, the Johnstown Symphony Orchestra, Senior Choice, Cambria Somerset Council and former president of the Somerset Chamber of Commerce. “I’m very excited to see my passion for business and hockey come full circle, Saylor said. “I have been...

WPXI Channel 11 Pittsburgh SEWICKLEY, Pa. — A Sewickley company is commemorating the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus accident on April 6 with a special decal. Esmark, Inc. has developed and produced a decal memorializing all of those lost in the crash. The decals are free of charge while supplies last and can be displayed on hockey helmets, sticks, pucks and cars across the United States and in Canada. Esmark, Inc. has also taken care of the costs associated with the production and distribution of the decals. The company sent bulk shipments of the stickers to most hockey organizations. Teams and players should check...

By Dan Markham, MCN Editor In this month’s flat-roll market feature by Associate Editor Jonathan Samples (Page 14), Esmark CEO Jim Bouchard described the business conditions in 2017 as “steady but sloppy.” That also happens to be a pretty accurate description of the year as a whole for the metals industry. On the steady side we find the consumption picture. While demand for steel and other products didn’t enjoy massive growth in 2017, shipments from service centers have been up consistently since the start of the year. Domestic steel mills in the U.S. have enjoyed similar gains, with crude steel production up...

May 19, 2016 – (London) - Despite China signaling moves to cut its excess steel production capacity, industry chiefs say the country has declared a metals “war” that has had a “devastating” impact for the rest of the world's industry. Overcapacity in the steel industry has been a thorn in the side of the sector in recent years, pushing prices down and making it harder for some steel companies to survive. China’s low-cost metal producers have been widely cited as the main culprit for the glut. In particular, the world’s second largest economy has been accused of “dumping” cheap steel on to...

March. 4, 2016 | BY ALEX NIXON James Bouchard, CEO of Esmark Inc. and Esmark Steel Group, an Edgeworth-based steel processor and distributor. James Bouchard, CEO and founder of steel company Esmark Inc., has been waiting several years for the nation’s economic recovery to hit the steel industry. He’s still waiting, as imports push steel prices down and the oil and gas industry cut orders in response to low energy prices. In an interview with the Tribune-Review at Esmark’s headquarters in Edgeworth, Bouchard discussed how the company is dealing with the downturn, its recent failed bid to buy a former U.S. Steel Corp. mill...

For Esmark Founder and CEO James P. Bouchard, giving generously to the community is just part of business as usual. Greater Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Business Leaders James BouchardJames Bouchard has much to be proud of. In addition to building a strong, diversified business of industrial companies, he has also, alongside his wife, donated more than $6 million to charitable causes since 2004. But when asked which accomplishment he is most satisfied with, Bouchard talks about Esmark’s people. “No one individual is responsible for our success,” he says. “We work as a team, and when you have the right people in place, you are...