ryi industry metals founded 1842 headquarters chicago illinois website www.ryerson.com ryerson is a metals distributor and processor founded in 1842 . 1 a subsidiary of inland steel until 1996 it became an independent company in 1999 as ryerson tull inc. the company became ryerson inc. 2006 and is headquartered in chicago illinois . in 2008 the company was acquired by platinum equity a holding company based in beverly hills california ; at this time it was renamed ryerson holding corporation . in 2014 the company went public 2 and trades under the nyse symbol ryi . ryerson s distribution and processing capabilities encompass the following product categories stainless steel sheet and coil plate bar tubing and pipe steel products brass and copper aluminum nickel alloys metal architectural roofing material notes edit fortune 500 illinois . money.cnn.com . cable news network lp lllp . a time warner company . 2007 04 30 . retrieved 2007 04 23 . ryerson goes public with ipo of 11 million shares metal center news current news . www.metalcenternews.com . retrieved 2016 02 05 . external links edit official website this united states manufacturing company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this illinois related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title ryerson company & oldid 743337106 categories companies based in chicagopublicly traded companiesunited states manufacturing company stubsillinois stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 05 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view