Since its beginning in 1946, TST has evolved into a vertically integrated producer, buyer, trader and processor of aluminum scrap and dross.
Today, TST is one of the major American producers of secondary aluminum ingot, billet and cast plate.
TST is also a major distributor of primary aluminum foundry ingot, grain refiners and hardeners. Other services include worldwide trading of nonferrous scrap and other aluminum commodities.
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TORRANCE IRON & METAL COMPANY was founded in 1946 by David Stein. In its early years TIMCO’s principal business was the processing and trading of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
By the mid-1960’s David’s sons, Ronald and Robert Stein, joined TIMCO and began to shape the growth and dynamics of the company.
During the early 1970s, the first aluminum melting furnace was developed and built in?TIMCO‘s Carson, California, facility. This furnace changed the direction of the company from a scrap processor to an aluminum alloy ingot producer which produced high quality alloys to specific customer requirements.
As growth continued the brothers diversified?TIMCO. By the mid-1970s, to expand and increase its growth potential, they entered into an association with?STANDARD METALS RECYCLING. Owned and operated by Bill Levine,?STANDARD handled mainly aluminum scrap of large industrial manufacturers. Through the efforts of the three principals a new company,?TANDEM INDUSTRIES, was formed to produce aluminum alloy billet, and purchased a facility adjacent to?TIMCO?in Carson where it designed and constructed a billet manufacturing facility.
TIMCO joined with STANDARD METALS RECYCLING to form Tandem Industries, and incorporate the new company as TST, Inc. The new corporation at its birth consisted of three divisions: TIMCO, STANDARD, and TANDEM.
TST Inc. acquired 2032 E. 220th and built its first billet casting plant.
TST Inc. acquires a loyal customer ALPASE as another division in the corporation.
Alpase and TST Inc. corporate head quarters move to Chino, CA.
TST Inc. and Nikkei MC launch TST Nikkei, a joint venture company in Aguascalientes, Mexico. TST Inc. owns 55% share and Nikkei MC owns 45% share in the company.
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