Friday, July 28, 2006

Silver Steel

Parker Steel is proud to announce that we will soon have in a full range of ground and polished round metric size of alloy steel grade E-52100. In Europe this grade is known as silver steel. This is a high carbon chromium alloy steel that has been produced in an electric furnace. The carbon content is about 1 per cent and contains about 1.5 percent chromium.

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Copper Tough Pitch Round Bars. In Stock Now!

News from Parker Steel.
For the first time we are now stocking a large range of metric size copper electrolytic tough pitch round bars. This product is almost pure copper, containing a minimum of 99.9% copper. The European grade is E-Cu57 and is comparable to CDA (Copper Development Association) grade 110. This is typically used in electrical applications such as bus bars, electrical contacts, switches and terminals. Its electrical conductivity is 101% IACS @ 68 degrees Fahrenheit. It is now ready for prompt shipment from our metric metals warehouse

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Sell Your Scrap!

Now is a great time for you to sell your excess metal scrap. According to the American Metal Market July 10th 2006 edition steel scrap composite price in June was $248.75 based on number one heavy melting steel in Pittsburg and Chicago. This is the highest price steel scrap has ever been in any summer month!

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Parker Steel Company- Metric Size Metal