Mr. Myer Salit, founder of the company was born in Brest, Litovski, Poland in 1880. At the age of 23, fleeing persecution he left Europe and landed in the Port of New York in September 1904. After working for a short while he immigrated to St. Catharines Ontario, where his..Read More
In 1905, seeing the success of his brother-in-law, Mr. Salit decided to try his hand in the scrap business in the neighbouring town of Niagara Falls, Canada. From the most humble of beginnings, working with only a single horse and cart, through hard work, self-education and determination he built a..Read More
In the early 1950’s, the company diversified and began distributing new and used steel products to local industry. After World War II, Mr. Salit’s son-in-law Irvin Feldman joined the company, followed by his grandson Larry Cohen in 1955. This marked the beginning of the Steel Service Center. In 1958 Mr…Read More
As the company carried on it continued to grow and in the mid 1960’s the company branched out and became a reinforcing steel (rebar) fabricator known as Salit Steel.
