# Reliance Steel & Aluminum agrees to acquire Merfish United

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Merfish United, a master distributor of tubular building products in the US, from One Equity Partners.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2021-08-04
- Where: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States
- Status: announced
- Products: steel pipe, copper tubing, plastic pipe, electrical conduit
- Sectors: [Steel and Metal Products](https://endata.com/sectors/steel-metal-products.md)

## Companies

- [One Equity Partners](https://endata.com/companies/710.md) (partner)
- [Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.](https://endata.com/companies/19763.md) (acquirer)
- [Merfish United](https://endata.com/companies/56891.md) (target)

## Sources

- [investor.reliance.com](https://investor.reliance.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/159/reliance-steel-aluminum-co-agrees-to-acquire-merfish-united), 2021-08-04: "Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Merfish United, a leading master distributor of tubular building products in the United States."
- [privateequityinternational.com](https://www.privateequityinternational.com/oep-to-sell-merfish-to-reliance-steel-aluminum/), 2021-08-04: "One Equity Partners has agreed to sell Merfish United to Reliance Steel & Aluminum."

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