type subsidiary industry steel industry founded 1926 as gilmore steel 1987 became oregon steel headquarters portland oregon united states key people james e. declusin president & ceo william g. gilmore founder products rails structural tubing pipes revenue 1 258 million net income 110 million fy 2005 number of employees 2 000 2006 parent evraz group s.a. lse evr subsidiaries colorado and wyoming railway colorado fuel and iron columbia structural tubing 1 website oregonsteel.com footnotes references financial data . 2 oregon steel mills inc. osm is a portland oregon united states based steel producer with facilities in colorado and alberta . in november 2006 russian steel producer evraz group s.a. agreed to purchase oregon steel for 2.3 billion and this was approved by u.s. regulators in january 2007 . 3 operated as evraz oregon steel mills inc. the company produces items such as structural tubing pipes and steel rails . contents 1 operations 2 history 3 references 4 external links operations edit osm operates a variety of steel production facilities . these include a plate mill at their osm rolling mill at the portland steelworks in portland oregon . 4 osm manufactures armor plating for the u.s. military . 5 also at the portland steelworks is osm tubular that makes pipes for use in areas such as oil and natural gas transmission . 6 oregon steel s canadian operations also produce tubular steel products . 7 in oregon osm also operates a structural tubing facility the only producer in the northwest . 8 in colorado osm s rocky mountain steel subsidiary operates three production facilities . one facility makes rails for railroads one rods and bars for construction and the third plant manufactures seamless pipes . these facilities were part of the colorado fuel and iron company founded in 1881 and bought by osm in 1993 . 9 history edit oregon steel began as gilmore steel in 1928 when william g. gilmore started the company . in 1987 the company became oregon steel mills . 10 then in 1993 osm purchased colorado fuel and iron . 11 in january 2007 evraz group s.a. of russia bought osm for 2.3 billion . 3 prior to this oregon steel was traded on the nyse as os . references edit steel shape producers & hss producers . american institute of steel construction . retrieved 2008 11 12 . oregon steel mills inc. hoovers . retrieved on march 28 2007 . a b campoy ana . evraz us committee oks oregon steel mills acquisition . marketwatch . retrieved on march 28 2007 . osm rolling mill . oregon steel mills . retrieved on march 28 2007 . oregon steel sale closes . portland business journal january 23 2007 . osm tubular retrieved on march 28 2007 . osm tubular camrose . oregon steel mills . retrieved on march 28 2007 . columbia structural tubing . oregon steel mills . retrieved on march 28 2007 . rocky mountain steel mills . oregon steel mills . retrieved on march 28 2007 . humber yuriy . russia s no. 1 steelmaker buying oregon steel mills . the seattle times november 21 2006 . oregon steel mills inc. reports earnings for qtr to march 31 . the new york times may 1 1993 . external links edit portland business journal evraz oregon steel mills inc. evraz facilities v t e st. johns portland oregon buildings and structures burlington northern railroad bridge 5.1 national cash register building portland woolen mills schrunk riverview tower st. johns city hall st. johns bridge st. johns library st. johns twin cinema schools james john elementary school james john high school roosevelt high school parks & recreation cathedral park kelley point park pier park smith and bybee wetlands natural area st. johns racquet center people james john francis i. mckenna terry schrunk companies jobes milling company oregon shipbuilding corporation oregon steel mills portland woolen mills schnitzer steel industries v t e companies formerly based in oregon moved out of state georgia pacific integra telecom 2014 jeld wen 2015 louisiana pacific acquired by out of state entities camera world 1997 cascade microtech 2016 fred meyer freightliner harry & david 2014 j. k. gill lacrosse footwear 2012 mathstar 2010 mccormick & schmick s 2012 meier & frank merix 2010 oregon steel mills planar systems 2015 sawyer s 1966 sequent computer systems stancorp financial 2016 tektronix 2007 u.s. bancorp west coast bank 2012 willamette industries 2002 defunct or out of business consolidated freightways emporium 2003 evergreen international aviation floating point systems g.i. joe s 2009 hollywood video 2010 sprouse reitz 1994 white stag manufacturing retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oregon steel mills & oldid 737497937 categories defense companies of the united statescompanies established in 1926steel companies of the united states1926 establishments in oregoncompanies based in st. johns portland oregon2007 disestablishments in oregon navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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