traded as nasdaq stld industry metals founded 1993 headquarters fort wayne indiana united states key people president & ceo mark millett chairman of the board keith busse 1 products steel production output 7.7 million tons of steel 2015 1 revenue us 7.594 billion 2015 1 operating income us 73 million 2015 1 net income us 130 million 2015 1 total assets us 6.202 billion 2015 1 total equity us 2.545 billion 2015 1 number of employees 7 510 1 website www.steeldynamics.com steel dynamics inc. sometimes abbreviated as sdi is a steel producer based in fort wayne indiana . contents 1 current operations 2 history 2.1 in popular culture 3 controversies 3.1 price fixing allegations 4 notes 5 external links current operations edit steel dynamics is the 4th largest producer of carbon steel products in the united states . in 2015 the company produced and shipped 7.7 million tons of steel and the company has a production capacity of 11 million tons of steel . sdi is among the most profitable american steel companies in terms of profit margins and operating profit per ton . 2 history edit steel dynamics was founded in 1993 by three former executives of nucor with 370 million in funding . it began production at its 275 million butler indiana flat roll mill in 1996 and reported its first annual profit in 1997 . the company offered many incentive programs for employees to cut cost and improve standards and outperformed most other steel manufactures during the economic downturn at the turn of the century . 3 in 2007 steel dynamics acquired the techs three hot dip galvanizing plants in pittsburgh that coat flat rolled steel 4 and omnisource corporation . 5 in 2014 steel dynamics acquired severstal columbus for 1.625 billion . the acquisition increased the company s production capacity to 11 million tons . 6 in popular culture edit in 2012 richard sarver an employee of steel dynamics roanoke bar division wrote taking the heat a steelworker s story a 271 page memoir based on his 32 years of service at the roanoke electric steel corporation which was acquired by steel dynamics in 2006 . controversies edit price fixing allegations edit the company is a defendant in a price fixing lawsuit . 7 notes edit a b c d e f g h steel dynamics inc. 2015 form 10 k annual report supplemental financial information history of steel dynamics steel dynamics agrees to acquire the techs . steel dynamics . june 13 2007 . steel dynamics to acquire omnisource corporation . steel dynamics . october 1 2007 . steel dynamics completes acquisition of severstal columbus . steel dynamics . september 16 2014 . three steel companies hold their ground in price fixing lawsuit . us glass news network . november 30 2015 . external links edit www.steeldynamics.com steel dynamics inc. 2015 form 10 k annual report companies portal this united states manufacturing company 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 steel dynamics & oldid 722932017 categories steel companies of the united statescompanies listed on nasdaqcompanies established in 1993companies based in fort wayne indianaunited states manufacturing company 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 deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 31 may 2016 at 00 20 . 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