Central Tube and Bar | Tube, Bar, and Metal Supplier & Fabricator

22 Years of Innovation

Founded in 1996 with a single customer and one bandsaw, we’ve grown to service some of the largest OEMs and fabricators heavy truck, buses, hospitality, aerospace, manufacturing, and energy industries.

About Us

Competitive Product Sourcing

We have the buying power of a conglomerate with a family-owned work ethic to give our customers the most competitive solutions for their applications. We work closely with our customers to provide high-quality carbon, alloy, aluminum & stainless tube, along with carbon and alloy bar.

Our Products

Value-Added Services

We’ve helped our customers reduce their rejection rates and decrease costs by providing better quality services than our competitors. For many customers, we’re a full-service partner that provides laser cutting, CNC bending, and sawing as well as turn key solutions that include welding and powder coating.

Our Services

What we do

Trusted Partners for Innovation & Production

We do more than just precision laser cutting, tube bending and sawing. We are partners that come alongside our customers with innovative ideas to drive more cost effective and efficient ways to produce components. Our extensive experience in tube laser processing gives us the expertise to help you enhance the manufacturability of your product and in turn enables you to be more competitive and profitable. We can take your concept and make it viable for application solutions.

Insight & Innovation

Experience where it counts

We’ve helped customers reimagine parts to reduce costs. Read the case study about rear bumpers of the Mart Cart we redesigned to reduce field repair time and costs.

Case Study

Improve Quality

Reduce time and waste

The repeatability of our laser cutting and tube bending makes the assembly process seamless. Read more about how we helped APC.

Case Study

Service Area

Centrally Located for Customer Service

With locations across the mid-south, we serve clients across the United States and Mexico—and what’s more is our investment in new BLM technology allows us to source from more than one of our locations to serve you and use the capabilities of our entire team across our company.

OUR MACHINES

WE'RE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE ANYTHING

Over 25,000,000 million components produced and still counting….

3D TUBE LASERS

2D FLAT LASER

3D TUBE BENDERS

BAND SAWS

COLD SAWS

Get in touch

Transform your supply chain with Central Tube and Bar

At Central Tube and Bar, we’re more than just a leading supplier and processor of high quality, prime tube and bar products, we’re partners with our customers to help them transform their supply chains and manufacturing processes. Contact us to learn more about how we can help your company transition to lean manufacturing processes, reduce waste, and improve the quality of your products.

News

Stay up to date with Central Tube and Bar

Central Tube and Bar appoints new Chief Operating Officer

Uncategorized February 14, 2019 February 14, 2019

Central Tube and Bar Appoints Eric Chambers as Chief Operating Officer

CONWAY, Ark., February 14, 2018 - Central Tube and Bar, a valued-added distributor and processor of tube, bar, and other metal products, has appointed Eric Chambers to the role of Chief Operating Officer. After 20 years of experience in the tube and bar industry at Central Tube and Bar, Chambers will lead operations and direct the company’s finance and administrative functions.

Central Tube and Bar Expands Conway Location

News and Updates November 28, 2018 November 28, 2018

Central Tube and Bar Announces Conway Facility Expansion

CONWAY, Ark., November 27, 2018 - Central Tube and Bar has expanded their Conway facilities to include a new 72,000-square-foot facility in addition to their existing corporate headquarters and fabrication facility on Middle Road. As part of the new expansion, Central Tube and Bar has also added a new BLM LT7 tube laser, the company’s 7th laser.

ISO certification at Central Tube and Bar

News and Updates October 31, 2018 October 31, 2018

Central Tube and Bar receives ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Central Tube and Bar is pleased to have earned a prestigious ISO 9001:2015 certification, underlining the company’s commitment to high quality tube and bar products and innovative technologies. Previously certified under the ISO 9001:2008 standards, Central Tube and Bar underwent an extensive audit by Perry Johnson Registrars, Inc. to meet the updated 2015 ISO certification standards that now include more customer and industry focused requirements.