Sloss Industries

Sloss Industries Corporation is a Birmingham-based industrial manufacturer with deep historical roots in American heavy industry, tracing its origins to 1881 when the Sloss Furnace Company began construction of its first blast furnaces. Over more than a century of continuous operation, Sloss evolved from a regional iron and steel producer into a sp... ecialized coke manufacturing operation, establishing itself as a critical supplier to the industrial sector. The company's current operations center on advanced coke production, leveraging state-of-the-art facilities that were constructed between the 1950s and 1970s and continue to operate at scale. Sloss Industries' coke oven batteries represent significant industrial infrastructure designed to serve blast furnace operations and other heavy manufacturing processes that depend on high-quality metallurgical coke. The company's operational heritage includes pioneering adoption of by-product recovery coke plant technology, with the original facility commissioned in 1920 featuring 120 Semet Solvay coke ovens that were considered the ultimate in coke-making technology at that time. Throughout its corporate evolutionincluding periods as part of U.S. Pipe and Foundry Company, Jim Walter Corporation, Jim Walter Resources Inc., and ultimately Walter Industries Inc.Sloss has maintained continuous production capabilities and industrial expertise. The company's original blast furnaces, known as the Sloss Furnaces, are now recognized as a National Historic Landmark, reflecting the company's significance to Birmingham's industrial development and American manufacturing history. Sloss Industries serves customers across heavy industry sectors that require reliable, consistent supply of metallurgical coke for furnace operations and related manufacturing processes, positioning itself as an established, long-tenured supplier with proven operational continuity and deep technical expertise in coke production and iron-related industrial processes.Read More