A. M. Castle & Co. is a specialty metals and plastics distribution company. The Company’s segments include metals and plastics. The Company provides a range of products and value-added processing and supply chain services to an array of customers, principally within the producer durable equipment sector of the global economy. The Company focuses on the aerospace and defense, oil and gas, power generation, mining, heavy earth moving equipment, marine, office furniture and fixtures, transportation and general manufacturing industries. The Company holds a 50% joint venture interest in Kreher Steel Co., a Midwest metals distributor, focusing on customers whose need is for delivery of large quantities of alloy, special bar quality and stainless bars. On January 3, 2008, the Company acquired the outstanding capital stock of Metals UK Group, a distributor and processor of specialty metals primarily serving the oil and gas, aerospace, petrochemical and power generation markets worldwide.