Friedman Industries, Incorporated engages in the manufacture and processing of steel products in the United States. It operates in two segments, Flat-Roll Products and Tubular Products. The Flat-Roll Product segment is involved in the conversion of steel coils into flat sheet and plate steel cut to customer specifications and reselling steel coils, as well as provision of process and storage services for customer-owned coils on a fee basis. The segment offers its products and services to steel distributors and customers manufacturing steel products, such as steel buildings, railroad cars, barges, tanks and containers, trailers, component parts, and other fabricated steel products. The Tubular Product segment manufactures line and oil country pipes, as well as pipes for structural applications. This segment sells its tubular products principally to steel and pipe distributors through its own sales force. The company was incorporated in 1965 and is based in Longview, Texas.