For over 90 years, the Metals Service Center Institute (MSCI) has stood as a voice for one of North America's fastest growing and least well known industries - the steel service center industry. Throughout the U.S. and Canada, service centers are the critical link in the supply chain connecting steel mills to manufacturers. Steel mills and other metal producers make metal in specific sizes and grades. Service centers add value and help manufacturers remain internationally competitive by inventorying metals and processing them to specific sizes, shapes and strengths.

Based in Chicago, Illinois, the MSCI is an international trade association representing more than 400 member companies with over 1,100 locations in North America. Additionally, mills, international companies, and toll processors belong to the membership.