Manufacturer of drums and containers. Steel and plastic drums, intermediate bulk containers and specialty containers are available. Used and reconditioned drums are also available. Services include drum manufacturing, reconditioning and drum disposal and delivery. Drums can also be custom manufactured. Drum accessories including seals, closing rings, gaskets, bungs, covers, caps and bolts are available. Markets served include chemical, food, petroleum, paints and coatings and pharmaceutical industries.
We produce and distribute:
A full line of steel and plastic drums
Intermediate bulk containers
Specialty containers
High-quality reconditioned steel drums
Meyer Steel Drum manufactures and distributes standard and speciality steel drums, plastic containers and intermediate bulk containers. We provide a full range of sizesto transport materials for the chemical, petroleum, paint and coatings, pharmaceutical and food industries. We also provide a broad selection of standard and custom linings, closures, fittings and accessories.While others stop at supplying new steel drums, Meyer Steel Drum takes the process a step further - we restore empty drums so they can be reused, achieving significant cost savings and value for our customers. Our sales team is fully qualified to assist customers with sizing and selection. Meyer Steel Drum has a fleet of more than 1,000 trailers, one of the largest in the industry. This means customers get next-day shipping without the expense and inconvenience associated with outside haulers. Our unique resources mean we can meet both your quality needs as well as your delivery schedules. Customers turn to Meyer Steel Drum for single-source accountability, fast, reliable service, competitive prices and unparalleled industry expertise. These benfits make Meyer Steel Drum the obvious choice.
Ed Meyer Sr. and Bill Meyer founded Meyer Steel Drum in 1976, when they opened a steel drum reconditioning plant at the company's current headquarters at 3201 S. Millard Avenue in Chicago. Rapid growth inspired them to expand the business to drum manufacturing. They opened a New Drum plant in 1979 at 5303 S. Keeler Ave., Chicago. As the New Drum division started to grow they'd soon out grown the Keller location and moved to their current location at 2000 S. Kilbourn Ave. where they have been for over thirty years.As the company continued to grow, the reconditioning plant was approaching full daily output. As a result, the Meyers planned for the future growth and acquired the former ICS drum reconditioning plant at 610 W. 81st St. in Chicago in 2003. The Meyers also saw future growth opportunities in the drum closure market and purchased Ideal Gerit Ring, a drum closure manufacturer located at 4401 W. Roosevelt Rd., in 2004. Meyer has since moved the facility to it's present location at 5000 W. 73rd, Unit B, Bedford Park, IL 60638.
Meyer Steel Drum takes the worry and hassle out of drum disposal. We pick up empty drums and thoroughly clean them, using the same rigid process we would use if we were reconditioning them. We then crush the drums for metal recycling.
Empty steel drums waste space and resources, but companies can’t just throw them out. Empty drums must be disposed of in compliance with strict federal, state and local environmental regulations. Even metal scrap companies will not accept drums unless they have been properly reconditioned. We transform used steel drums into refinished drums that look and perform as if they were new but at a much lower cost. Years of reconditioning experience has gone into perfecting and customizing our process to achieve quality performance safely and efficiently. And of course, we scrutinize and test our drums throughout the restoration process to be sure our customers get the highest-quality reconditioned drums at the best price.