Operating today with four coil slitters and one cut to length line in Hammond, Indiana (25 minutes south of downtown Chicago), we are one of the largest Service Center distributors of prime Tin Mill Products (Tin Plate, Black Plate, TFS, Tin Coated Sheet) and stainless steel strip in slit coil form in North America.

Additionally, we are a leading supplier of galvanized, light gauge cold rolled sheet and strip, and other coated steels in coil form to hundreds of customers worldwide.

Our customers are leaders in the manufacturing of automotive & transportation components, residential windows, telecommunications cable, computer and electronic parts, hardware, and other stampings.

With our state of the art coil slitting lines, we also provide the highest quality slitting and short lead times for companies who have us slit their bare and coated steel and aluminum coils for them.

The company began in 1932 as Hokin Steel & Tinplate and was purchased by the Berlin family in 1967. The majority owner and day to day manager of the company is Roy Berlin.

Berlin Metals is who you should call (800/754-8867) and rely on when you need the finest Tin Mill Products, Stainless Steel Strip, light gauge Cold Rolled Steel and Galvanized Steel.

We work hard to make sure our quality material gets to you how and when you need it. Our returns are less than ½ of 1% and our on-time deliveries, as measured by our customers, are over 99.5%. We are working continually to improve those numbers.

For producing mills and end users alike, we provide the highest quality, scratch free, toll slitting of Aluminum coils and bare, plastic laminated and coated steel coils.

On our web site you can learn about the high quality steels we can provide you. There's information on steel making in general as well as descriptions, tables and charts relating to the specific products we have available. You can become very familiar with Berlin Metals' capabilities and equipment, our history and our philosophy of doing business.

Capabilities/Equipment

We operate four modern, high-speed precision coil slitters capable of slitting thicknesses from .005" to .075", slitting from master coils up to 62" wide and weighing up to 30,000 lbs. Our slitters can produce precision-slit widths as narrow as 1/4".

We are known for being proficient at slitting bare or coil coated, plated or plastic-laminated steel and aluminum coils without introducing any abrasions or scratches on either side of the strip. This particular capability has enabled us to satisfy many customers who require critical surface quality material. Our newest slitter, a 60” wide Braner, was designed to enhance this ability further with wider and heavier coils.

Our slitters are equipped with shimless tooling and use turret or interchangeable heads, ideal for quick set-up and changeovers. We are also equipped with automated packaging lines that use stretch wrap and vapor corrosion inhibitors to secure and protect your product during shipment.