Union Partners LLC

Maksteel, owned by Union Partners, has acquired LexWest Steel, a Los Angeles-based distributor of flat-rolled steel products. LexWest will be rebranded as Maksteel USA, expanding Maksteel's North American facilities to nine.

Union Partners announced that Lee Steel, Berg Steel, JIT Steel Service, and JIT Steel Transport will operate as Maksteel, and Opus Metals will change its name to Mak Specialty Metals, effective August 1, 2018.

Union Partners acquired Maksteel, a steel service center, toll processor and logistics solutions provider located in Mississauga, Ontario, effective April 10, 2018.

Union Partners LLC purchased Heidtman Steel's Automotive Steel Technical Center in Gibraltar, Michigan, a 9,500 square foot facility built in 2005, to support testing and research of advanced high-strength steels.