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Company type | Master Distributor |
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Industry | Plumbing, heating, hvac, pvf, electrical |
Founded | 1980Everett, Massachusetts | in
Founder | David Cohen |
Headquarters | Ipswich, Massachusetts |
Number of locations | 12 Distribution Centers (2024) |
Area served | Contiguous United States |
Key people | Greg Leidner (CEO) |
Products | Pipe, electrical conduit, strut channel, threaded rod |
Services | Less than truckload shipping |
Owner | Reliance, Inc. |
Website | unitedpipe |
United Pipe & Steel Corp., a subsidiary of Reliance, Inc. and headquartered in Ipswich, Massachusetts, is a distributor of standard pipe and tube products in the United States. The company serves wholesale distributors in the plumbing, heating, HVAC, fire protection, electrical and other industries from their distribution centers across United States. Products sold include steel pipe, copper tubing, PVC pipe, electrical conduit, strut channel and threaded rod. [1]
United Pipe & Steel was founded by David Cohen in Everett, Massachusetts, in 1980. [2] Morgenthaler, a private equity firm, acquired the company in 2013. [3]
In 2019 United Pipe & Steel was acquired by One Equity Partners, [4] and operationally integrated with Merfish Pipe & Supply, a master distributor based in Houston, Texas. In 2020, both companies were merged and renamed Merfish United. [5]
In 2021 Reliance, Inc. acquired the company, [6] and it was renamed back to United Pipe & Steel in 2023, with an updated brandmark. [7]
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