With over 50 years of experience, we take the risk out of your global supply chain. We source worldwide but only after extensive research, inspection and testing.
Ronald S. Herman / Chief Executive Officer
Ron has close to 50 years of experience in the manufacture, processing, importation and distribution of a wide variety of steel products, having previously owned a steel service center, as well as two dry cargo vessels.
For the past 30 years, Ron’s entire focus has been on precision steel tubing, where he has cultivated extensive relationships and developed substantial knowledge and expertise. In 1994 he founded Salem Steel, a leading U.S. importer and distributor of precision (DOM) steel tubing. Ron served as CEO of Salem Steel until 2017, when the supplier that had acquired the company experienced financial difficulties. Not ready to retire – especially in light of the tumult and opportunities that define the industry today – Ron founded Steel Tube Investments, LLC in 2018.
Ron attended Villanova University and served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Anthony F. Garvin / Chief Financial Officer
Tony is a co-founder of Steel Tube Investments, LLC and also a minority owner and member of the Board of Directors of a steel service center. In these capacities he brings extensive experience in financial services, including raising capital for and providing mergers and acquisitions advisory services to middle market companies in the steel industry, and many others.
As Founder and Managing Member of 300SL Advisory, Tony provides merchant banking, consulting and advisory services to small and mid-sized businesses. He has been a middle market advisory and finance professional for over 25 years, most of which were affiliated with JP Morgan Chase & Co. and predecessor firms, where he established and developed both Middle Market M&A and Leveraged Finance practices. Tony also established the Corporate Advisory Group at the Royal Bank of Scotland’s U.S. Headquarters.
Tony received his undergraduate degree from Duke University and his MBA from Duke’s Fuqua School of Business.