The IST world headquarters, in Detroit, the automotive manufacturing capital of the world, serve as the center for the International Specialty Tube operations. The headquarters encompasses 150,000 square feet of manufacturing capability, warehousing, and laboratory and office space to serve the company’s customers around the world.

IST is ISO/TS 16949 certified. The IST world-class development and manufacturing processes allows them to meet today’s demanding requirements, and provide cost-effective solutions for their customers. IST is nationally recognized for it’s outstanding innovation, quality and best-in-class materials knowledge and methodologies.

Since the company’s inception in 1989, IST has focused its mission to become the best choice for quality, predictable and performance-based stainless steel tubing products. What separates IST from its competitors is the drive to excel at providing the right products, with the highest quality and price performance that fits the needs of today’s manufacturers.
With welded, stainless steel tubing products used in the heating, automotive, motorcycle and recreational vehicle industries, IST has become a mainstay to those manufacturers expecting tubing materials built to the highest standards.