Northlake Steel Corporation started in 1977 as a 10,000 square foot facility in Mentor, Ohio with a handful of machines and operators producing turned, ground, and polished steel shafting. In 1979, we relocated to a 40,000 square foot facility in Valley View. In 1995, we moved into our current facility, which is over 130,000 square feet.

Our product quality starts with the steel that we purchase.  We qualify our vendors and purchase material from mills that consistently meet our high standards.  We have decades of fine tuning the processes for producing cold finished steel bars and our employees are master craftsmen in operating cold finishing equipment.  From the steel we buy to the people we hire, Northlake is focused on quality.

History :

Northlake Steel Corporation started in 1977 as a 10,000 square foot facility in Mentor, Ohio with a handful of machines and operators producing turned, ground, and polished steel shafting. In 1979, we relocated to a 40,000 square foot facility in Valley View.  To complement the existing services already offered, we added additional centerless turning and induction hardening capabilities.  We moved into our current facility in Valley City in 1995, an 82,000 square foot facility for manufacturing cold finished steel shafting.  At that time, we installed a cold drawing line to produce cold drawn bars up to 6” round.  In 2013, we added 45,000 square feet to improve manufacturing efficiencies and allowed us to install additional equipment.  We also added 4500 square feet of cold storage to increase our existing floor space and improve material flow. We currently have over 130,000 square feet of production and inventory space.

Northlake Steel is a lot bigger and does a lot more than we did in 1977, but one thing hasn’t changed at all – our commitment to quality.  Our goal for the future is to continue growing our business by providing our customers with world-class products and services.