EST. 1888   ·   ISO 9001:2015 (DNV C604309)   ·   165 RIVER ST, BRIDGEPORT CT
1-800-972-9615 · sales@cbsteel.com · Bridgeport, CT
/ 01 — Steel, ready when you are

Steel, cut to your spec — since 1888.

From A36 plate to DC53® tool steel, Chapin & Bangs and our Lindquist Steels division stock, process, and deliver the materials the Northeast builds with — under one ISO 9001:2015 scope, one PO, one cert package.

Founded
1888 — Bridgeport, CT
Footprint
150,000 sq ft · one roof
Certification
ISO 9001:2015 · DNV C604309
Coverage
Own fleet across NE + Tri-State
Aerial view of the Chapin & Bangs warehouse with racks of round bar.
137 yrs
In business
19.7 yrs
Avg. employee tenure
150K ft²
Under one roof
60+
Stocked carbon & alloy grades
40+
Tool & mold-steel grades

One company. Two specialties.

Chapin & Bangs handles the broad service-center catalog. Lindquist Steels — our Tool Steel & Specialty Materials Division — handles the technical metallurgy. Same ISO scope, same dock, same purchase order.

Cut, milled, ground, ready to weld.

In-house value-added processing under one roof. DXF in, finished part out — with a real ISO 9001:2015 quality system behind every order.
Authorized Distributor — Lindquist Steels Division

The world's specialty grades, in a domestic supply chain.

Daido
DC53®
NAK 55/80®
Crucible
CPM®
Rex® / V®
Zapp
Z-Series®
Z-Wear / Z-Tuff
SSAB
Toolox®
33 / 44
ArcelorMittal
Superplast®
Industeel
Sintokogio
Porcerax II®
Sintered porous
Precision Marshall
Marshalloy®
MQ / FM

An engineer's reference, on the house.

Re-keyed from our 84-page master catalog and Lindquist's selection guide. Live calculators, full tolerance tables, every grade we stock.
Tool & Die Mold Making Automotive Aerospace Medical Defense Heavy Equipment Pressure Vessel Construction Energy

One roof. Built to ship.

150,000 sq ft of inventory and processing under a single Bridgeport address — our own delivery fleet covers CT, MA, RI, VT, NH, NY, and NJ. GPS-tracked, bar-coded, JIT-friendly. Carrier partners reach the rest of the country.
Map showing Chapin & Bangs Bridgeport, CT delivery coverage.
/ Headquarters & Operations

Bridgeport, CT

165 River Street
Bridgeport, CT 06604
1-800-972-9615
sales@cbsteel.com

/ Lindquist Division

Same address. Same dock.

Tool steel inventory ships from the same Bridgeport floor — one PO, one cert package, one truck.

/ Talk to us

Talk to a sales engineer who already speaks your spec.

Whether you need a hundred 4140 turned shafts to print or a single block of DC53® for a stamping die, our team has been quoting jobs like yours since 1888.

Get a quote Call 1-800-972-9615
/ What to send
  • → Material grade (or app + we'll recommend)
  • → Form: plate / block / round / sheet / structural
  • → Dimensions or DXF / STEP / print
  • → Quantity & required date
  • → Cert package needed (mill, DFARS, FOD, etc.)