Our People Truly Make the Difference! Perhaps nothing better differentiates Central Plains Steel from the competition than our people and their overriding desire to provide Best-In-Class service to our customers. Whether one is part of sales, production, delivery, or support staff, each person is empowered to ensure that we provide our valued customers with the highest quality products and services. Central Plains Steel Co. began in 1982, with the opening of our plant in Wichita, KS. We serve all types of manufacturers, fabricators, and other users of metal in the Midwestern Great Plains region. CPS is a quality driven operation, delivering metal exactly to customer specifications, on-time. CPS utilizes the newest and best technologies on all of its equipment including leveling, cut-to-length, plasma and laser burning, bending and rolling, and saw cutting. Computer-controlled processes are used throughout the operations, guaranteeing unsurpassed quality. Central Plains Steel Co. is a division of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., the largest metals service center company in North America.