Editing Kent, Washington (section)

===Steel===
Kent is home to a large steel industry dating back to the early 20th century.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.steelspider.com/CoDirSF.aspx |title=Facility Directory Listing |publisher=Mountain Hawk Corporation}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dexknows.com/local/industrial_goods_and_services/industrial_materials/geo/c-kent-wa/att/metals/ |title=Kent Industrial Materials: Metals |publisher=Dex |access-date=June 11, 2012 |archive-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720230532/http://www.dexknows.com/local/industrial_goods_and_services/industrial_materials/geo/c-kent-wa/att/metals/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Steel and metal manufacturers include:

*Salmon Bay Steel Company:  Operated in Kent for 50 years before closing down. Birmingham Steel purchased Salmon bay in 1991. Salmon bay went on to buy Bethlehem Steel (Seattle Steel) in West Seattle. Years after the purchase, complaints were made of pollution in the Green River valley about pollution from the Salmon Bay melting facility, and the facility was shut down.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digital.lib.washington.edu/architect/structures/14209/ |title=Salmon Bay Steel Corporation Factory, Kent, WA |publisher=University of Washington}}</ref>
*Puget Sound Steel:  Puget Sound Steel is an independently owned and operated-unique specialty fabricator of reinforcing steel and a supplier of related reinforcement products, since 1961. Puget Sound Steel has been the Northwest's select supplier of fabricated rebar and steel reinforcement to commercial, highway, industrial, and residential building contractors. Works include large scale projects including bridges and skyscrapers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pugetsoundsteel.com/index.html |title=Welcome to Puget Sound Steel |publisher=Puget Sound Steel Co Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://pugetsoundsteel.com/projects.php|title=Featured Project |publisher=Puget Sound Steel Co Inc.}}</ref>
*Pacific Metal Company:  In 1947, started in Seattle and opened a 19,000 square foot plant. The business and facilities continued to grow for 30 years to meet local needs as well as the emerging markets of Alaska. Even the expanded 40,000 square foot warehouse and sales office was deemed insufficient, and in 1979, an 80,000 square foot facility was built south of the city of Seattle in the Kent Valley at Tukwila. In September 2010 PMC moved to a new location just 3 miles SE in the city of Kent, Washington. Pacific Metal Company is a stocking distributor of non-ferrous metals specializing in stainless steel, copper, aluminum, and brass products as well as ferrous products specializing in Cold Rolled, Coated (Zinc and Aluminum) and pre-painted coils and sheets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificmetal.com/Stockbook/GenInfo/LocHm.htm |title=Seattle |publisher=PACIFIC METAL COMPANY/Reliance Steel}}</ref>
*TMX Aerospace:  TMX Aerospace, a division of ThyssenKrupp Steel North America; provides materials including steel, brass, and copper as well as exclusive supply chain management support for the Boeing Commercial Airplanes group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmxaerospace.com/tmxa/index.html |title=TMX Aerospace |publisher=ThyssenKrupp Materials NA, Inc.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmxaerospace.com/tmxa/index.html |title=About ThyssenKrupp Aerospace |publisher=ThyssenKrupp Aerospace}}</ref>