Reliance Sells Encore Division

Reliance acquired company early last year.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. has sold the assets and business of the Encore Coils division of Encore Group Ltd., a subsidiary of Reliance, to Samuel Son & Co., Ltd., based in Mississauga, Ont.

Reliance had acquired the Encore Group last February.

The Encore Metals and Team Tube divisions of the Encore Group, which Reliance will retain, specialize in the processing and distribution of alloy and carbon bar and tube, as well as stainless steel sheet, plate and bar products..