From a partnership that started in a tiny, one-room wooden structure to what is now a worldwide organization, the progress of Marmon/Keystone has spanned 100 years. It's a success story of growth, innovation and stability of a company's team of executives, managers, administrative and operations personnel.

Founded as Keystone Pipe & Supply in Butler County in 1907 by the Horwitz family's partnership, the early years consisted of selling used pipe and oil well supplies, much in demand during the booming oil industry in Western Pennsylvania. In the decades that followed, the company's innovative leaders had the vision to initiate necessary changes, maintaining its strength through acquisitions, relocations and the construction of new facilities.

The company's current president, Norman E. Gottschalk Jr., stated, "Certainly we've come a long way; We've weathered everything from the Great Depression, the storms of wars and survived economic ups and downs. We've witnessed our nation's tremendous growth, from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.

"We at Marmon/Keystone are proud of our accomplishments and our heritage, and we're grateful and humbled that we have reached this milestone. And now we eagerly look forward to the challenges of a new century of service."

Today, Marmon/Keystone Corp. inventories more than 15,000 sizes and grades of carbon, alloy, stainless steel and aluminum tubular and bar products. Service centers and sales offices are located throughout North America with corporate headquarters in Butler.

An affiliate, Marmon/Keystone Canada Inc., is based in Burlington, Ontario.

Subsidiaries include M/K Express Co. of East Butler; Bushwick Metals, Inc. of Bridgeport, Conn.; Future Metals, Inc. of Tamarac, Fla.; and Marmon/ Keystone de Mexico S.A. de C.V.

Marmon/Keystone and affiliated companies are members of The Marmon Group, an international association of more than 125 business units that operate independently within diverse business sectors. Member companies have collective revenues of more than $6 billion.