Aerospace & Defense
Great Lakes Specialty Metals serves fabricators and manufacturers nationwide. With our flexibility and focus on customer service, we ensure the aerospace and defense industries have what they need, when they need it.
Aluminum Alloys & Specialty Metals For The Transportation Industry
At Great Lakes Specialty Metals, we provide superior aluminum alloys and specialty metals for the transportation industry to customers around the country. We serve the greater Chicago area, Illinois, southern Wisconsin, and northern Indiana with our committed local fleet. Get in touch with a member of our team right now to discuss your unique needs and requirements or to request a quote.
Automotive
At Great Lakes specialized Metals, our committed team understands the value of providing great service and on-time delivery as a reliable distributor and supplier of specialized alloys to the automotive industry. Let us help you improve the efficiency of your operations and strengthen your supply chain.
Specialty Alloys for the Automotive Industry
As an ISO 9001 certified supplier, we have a large inventory of stainless steel, aluminum, and specialty metals, such as brass and nickel alloys, that are both domestically and DFARS compliant and can be customized to satisfy the various demands of automobile manufacturers.
Value-Added Services for the Automotive Industry
Regardless of your role as an OEM or subcontractor, our team of seasoned experts is prepared to help. We guarantee that you have a trustworthy partner for all your specialized metal needs by providing high-quality metal products together with a range of value
Quick Metal Conversion Tool
Easily convert steel measurements and estimate weight with our Conversion & Weight Calculator.
Marine Industry
Marine industry manufacturers require premium metals with exceptional performance and outstanding resistance to corrosion. The extensive selection of brass, aluminum, nickel, and stainless steel goods that we carry in stock at Great Lakes Specialty Metals are carefully chosen to satisfy the demanding requirements of maritime applications, especially those that take place in saltwater or high-pressure settings.
Value-Added Services for the Marine Industry
If you’re looking for the best metal products, either as an OEM or a subcontractor, your search is over. As your go-to source in Illinois for marine stainless steel and specialty metal products, we provide an extensive range of value-added services, such as heat treating, grinding, saw-cutting, and stocking programs, to make sure you have a reliable supply chain partner for all your metal needs.
Other Industries Served
Our expert staff helps customers across the country and across numerous industries find the stainless steel, aluminum, brass, nickel alloy and specialty metal products they need.
Food & Beverage
A valued quality of stainless steel is its non-permeability. This makes it easy to clean and sanitize, which is necessary for companies in the food manufacturing industry.
Energy
At Great Lakes Specialty Metals, we offer a variety of specialty metal products for the energy industry. With an expansive selection of products plus value-added services, we deliver high-quality materials tailored to your applications.
saw cutting, cut to size plate, sheared to size sheet and more
We Offer a Variety of Quality Production Cutting Services
Material Sourcing Experts
We stock hundreds of items across a variety of metals, grades and shapes. If we don’t have it, we have the team and resources you need to source material from around the world.
Our Metal Shapes
In our extensive inventory we carry rounds, flats, hexes, squares, angles (equal and unequal leg), sheet (both 2B and #4 polished), pipe, plate and all varieties of tubing (round, square and rectangular). If not in stock, we can locate it for you.
