 Louisiana
Steel's history dates back to the early 1950's. Originally
owned by Valley Steel, this cold drawn production facility
(located in Louisiana, MO) manufactured square and rectangular
steel products for the oil and mining industries. In the
early 1990's, Bud Harold of Lincoln Steel, acquired the
facility and positioned the company to be a manufacturer
of drill stem products and odd ball-square and rectangular
tubing sizes.
In
October of 1996 Bob Arsenault purchased the business
and renamed it Louisiana Steel, Inc. His mission: "To
supply the metals industry with custom and hard to find
tubing in a wide range of materials and performance
specifications - all while offering the benefits of
an honest
philosophy, diligent process and a friendly, open environment".
Bob
was adamant about reinvesting into the business, and
he began his upgrading process by purchasing several
new pieces of equipment including a new shot blaster
and a double column horizontal HEM saw. In addition
he purchased two new draw benches to compliment the
two already in use. One bench came from Harris Tube
and is strictly a sink draw bench. The other was originally
owned by U.S. Steel in Ellwood City, PA, has mandrel
capabilities and has the distinction of being one of
the largest draw benches in the country.
 Louisiana
Steel has since thrived and has become known as the
company that can provide custom solutions to hard to
find tubing applications.
L.S.I.’s
core products include sink drawn round tubing, drawn
over mandrel tubing, square / rectangular tubing, and
special shaped tubing (elliptical, flat sided ovals,
triangles and hexagonals). To this day Louisiana Steel
continues to partner with most major steel distributors
and steel manufacturers in our country as well as act
as key supplier to Original Equipment Manufacturers
across the globe.
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