Aerospace & Defense
Great Lakes Specialty Metals serves fabricators and manufacturers nationwide. With our flexibility and focus on customer service, we ensure the aerospace and defense industries have what they need, when they need it.
Industries Served
Great Lakes Specialty Metals supplies stainless steel, aluminum, brass, nickel, and titanium to manufacturers, fabricators, and OEMs across a wide range of industries. From the Chicago area to customers nationwide, we stock hundreds of metal products in standard and hard-to-find configurations — and if we don’t have it, we source it.
Food & Beverage
A valued quality of stainless steel is its non-permeability. This makes it easy to clean and sanitize, which is necessary for companies in the food manufacturing industry.
Energy
At Great Lakes Specialty Metals, we offer a variety of specialty metal products for the energy industry. With an expansive selection of products plus value-added services, we deliver high-quality materials tailored to your applications.
Automotive & Marine
Our dedicated team at Great Lakes Specialty Metals understands that exceptional service and on-time delivery are important, so let us help solidify your supply chain.
Other Industries Served
Our extensive roster of satisfied customers includes manufacturers, OEMs, and fabricators operating within a wide array of industries, encompassing:
- Medical & Dental: Our precision-crafted specialty metals support the medical and dental sectors by facilitating the production of surgical instruments, implants, and diagnostic equipment, fostering advancements in healthcare.
- Energy & Power Generation: Supporting the energy industry, our specialty metals are utilized in power generation equipment, turbines, and renewable energy infrastructure, ensuring reliability and efficiency in energy production.
- Oil & Gas: We supply specialty metals crucial for oil and gas exploration, production, and refining operations, offering corrosion-resistant materials engineered to withstand harsh operating conditions.
- Valves & Fittings: Our specialty metals are integral to the manufacturing of valves, fittings, and fluid handling systems across various industries, ensuring leak-proof and reliable fluid control solutions.
- Screw Machining & Fasteners: We provide specialty metal products ideal for screw machining and fastener applications, offering high-strength and corrosion-resistant materials essential for secure and durable assemblies.
- General Machining: Serving the general machining industry, our specialty metals are utilized in a wide range of machining applications, offering superior machinability, strength, and dimensional stability.
At Great Lakes Specialty Metals, we are committed to delivering exceptional quality and reliability in every specialty metal product we supply, empowering our customers to achieve their manufacturing objectives with confidence and efficiency.
Frequently Asked Questions
What specialty metals does Great Lakes Specialty Metals stock?
We stock stainless steel, aluminum, brass, nickel, titanium, and other specialty metals in a wide range of shapes including rounds, flats, hexes, squares, angles, sheet, plate, pipe, and tubing (round, square, and rectangular). If a specific grade, size, or configuration isn’t in our inventory, our sourcing team can locate it through our global supplier network.
Can Great Lakes Specialty Metals cut metal to custom sizes?
Yes. We offer production cutting services including precision saw-cutting to cut metal to the sizes your project requires. We also offer additional value-added services through trusted partners including heat treatment and grinding. Contact us to discuss the cutting requirements for your order.
What geographic areas do you serve?
Our primary service area covers Chicago, Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northern Indiana. We also ship specialty metals to customers nationwide. Contact us to discuss your requirements and lead times.
Can you source specialty metals that aren’t in your standard inventory?
Yes. If we don’t stock a specific grade, size, or shape, our team has the supplier relationships to source it. We work with manufacturers, OEMs, and fabricators that need hard-to-find specialty metals as well as standard inventory items.
What industries do you supply specialty metals to?
We supply specialty metals to a broad range of industries including aerospace and defense, food and beverage processing, energy and power generation, automotive, marine, medical and dental, oil and gas, valves and fittings, screw machining and fasteners, and general machining. Most of our customers are manufacturers, fabricators, and OEMs with recurring material needs.
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We Offer a Variety of Quality Production Cutting Services
Material Sourcing Experts
We stock hundreds of items across a variety of metals, grades and shapes. If we don’t have it, we have the team and resources you need to source material from around the world.
Our Metal Shapes
In our extensive inventory we carry rounds, flats, hexes, squares, angles (equal and unequal leg), sheet (both 2B and #4 polished), pipe, plate and all varieties of tubing (round, square and rectangular). If not in stock, we can locate it for you.