Los Angeles’ Reliance Steel & Aluminum has acquired Aluminum Services UK Ltd., which is the parent company of All Metal Services (AMS).
AMS is one of the largest of its kind and provides materials management services to aerospace and defence original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and their sub-contractors. The company offers a range of aerospace metals such as titanium, nickel alloys as well as in-house machining and water-jet cutting. AMS has five locations across the United Kingdom as well as in France, Malaysia and China.
Reliance Steel offers metals processing services and distributes a full line of more than 100,000 metal products including titanium and stainless steel, to more than 125,000 customers in a range of industries. Before the acquisition Reliance Steel had 300 locations across the United States and additional locations in 11 countries across the rest of the world.
“We are excited to expand our aerospace presence in this growing market,” said David Hannah, chairman and chief executive of Reliance Steel. “This acquisition is especially attractive given the current and anticipated growth of the global aerospace industry. AMS is a well-established and trusted supplier to the aerospace and defence markets and we look forward to continuing to support their existing global customer base while maximizing opportunities for growth.”