At BPC we always strive to serve you better with new services and new facilities.

April 12, 2021 - SAC Ventures (Flat Rock Metal, Bar Processing and Steel Dimensions) is Now an Employee Owned Company

We are proud to announce that Flat Rock Metal, Bar Processing and Steel Dimensions have become a 100% employee-owned company with the implementation of our new ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan).

The ESOP is part of our long-term business succession planning strategy. Becoming an ESOP company ensures stability for you (and all our customers), employees, vendors, and the local communities where we operate. The sale to the employees will result in no change in management, our business operations and, most importantly, our relationship with you.

Employee ownership complements our core values and focus on quality customer service. In fact, now that they are owners, Flat Rock Metal, Bar Processing and Steel Dimensions employees will share in the financial and operational success of our company in ways that few employees do. That means they will have an even stronger commitment to serving you. Because, as our customers succeed, so do all of Flat Rock Metal, Bar Processing and Steel Dimension’s new employee owners.

We are excited about this important development in our business. ESOP companies have higher growth rates and better employee retention than other forms of ownership. Becoming an employee-owned company ensures that Flat Rock Metal, Bar Processing and Steel Dimensions will remain an independent, locally operated company. The values that have allowed us to prosper for 50 years will continue unchanged.

If you have any questions, please contact me at 734-777-1379

Thanks, as always, for your business. We appreciate the ability to work together and are excited to continue serving you as an employee-owned company.

Sincerely,

Paul J. Lanzon II, CEO
Flat Rock Metal, Inc.
Bar Processing Corporation
Steel Dimensions Inc.

October 7th, 2011, (Cleveland), Bar Processing Corporation announces the acquisition of Bertin Steel Processing, Inc.
The facility has been renamed Bar Processing - Wickliffe.

Based in Wickliffe (Cleveland), Ohio. Similar to BPC, Bertin provides SBQ finishing services. This purchase strategically enhances Bar Processing Corporation's position as the Midwest's premier toll processor of SBQ bars. Primary services include straightening, cutting, turning, polishing, grinding and decoiling. The expanded product size range of 1/2"-11", along with the addition of rail services, allows us to provide unmatched service to our customers. Additionally, we offer surface and internal non-destructive testing of both bar lengths and formed parts.

Newton Falls (Cleveland), Ohio
4" - 7 1/2" Bar & Tube Inspection Services

During the first quarter of 2008, we developed and installed a large bar / tube testing line capable of testing for surface and internal defects on product 4" - 7.50" in diameter and from 12" - 40" in length.

Additionally, if needed, we can pre-straighten the material, mark defects, and cut product to lengths that will eliminate found defects. and from 12" - 40" in length.

Monroe, Michigan
Parts Nondestructive Testing Services

In 2007, to complement our long-products testing service, we have developed a group to perform eddy-current, ultrasonic and visual inspection of formed parts and shafts. These services are available with certified trained operators at all of our locations in the field.

Additionally, our Monroe, Michigan facility offers Magnetic Particle Inspection services.

Newton Falls (Cleveland), Ohio & Warren (Detroit), Michigan
Precision Shaft Lines

In 2003, we installed in our Cleveland (Newton Falls) area plant, two processing lines capable of cutting a long bar product into a precision shaft blank. These cells process material from 0.75" to 3" in diameter into shafts 8" to 60" in length. The lines can provide a ground surface to tolerances of +/- 0.004" with a double end chamfer and a length tolerance of +/- >0.031".

During 2007, we installed 2 similar cells in our Warren (Detroit), Michigan plant with similar capabilities for shafts that do not require a ground surface. This line will generally hold +/- 0.001" diametrical tolerance.

Bar Processing Corporation, with corporate headquarters in Flat Rock, Michigan remains committed to meeting the needs of our customers.