Crawford Metal Corporation

About Crawford Metal Corporation

Crawford Metal Corporation is a building materials business located on Gore Rd in the Crumlin neighborhood of London. The company serves customers across all major geographic regions within Canada and the United States, providing mill-certified carbon steel products. The company offers a comprehensive range of steel products in various sizes, shapes, and specifications. Their inventory includes merchant bars such as structural angles, bar angles, structural channels, bar channels, flat bars, round bars, and square bars. They also supply hollow structural steel in square, rectangular, and round shapes, as well as wide flange beams, sheet and plate, and graded domestic concrete reinforcing steel. Additionally, Crawford stocks miscellaneous items like bar grating, expanded metal, and cold rolled round, and can source aluminum and stainless steel products. Founded in 1944 by Sidney Spiegel, the company originated as a small scrap yard. Spiegel began by reworking discarded metal into small quantities for retail sale before expanding into a steel distribution center in Belleville, Ontario. The business grew to include locations in Peterborough and Burlington. Currently led by CEO Gary Stern, the company operates 17 distribution centers and one scrap yard. Crawford describes its approach as providing "clean and blue" steel, focusing on competitive pricing, large inventories, and just-in-time delivery to help customers manage inventory and reduce production costs.