Serial Entrepreneur Opens New Metal Supermarkets Store in Hartford
Business leader with over 20 years of experience takes on a new opportunity, bringing speed, variety and convenience to metal buyers
July 21, 2025 | Hartford, Connecticut – Metal Supermarkets, the world’s largest supplier of small quantity metals, has opened its newest location in Hartford, Connecticut. Led by local entrepreneur and Hartford native, Devra Sisitsky, the new Metal Supermarkets location is set to become the one-stop shop and premier metal supplier for local professionals, businesses and hobbyists alike.
“Creating meaningful, trust-based relationships coupled with world-class, reliable service will be the key to success in Hartford,” said Sisitsky. “I’m eager to leverage my many years of experience in business while benefiting from the well-known Metal Supermarkets brand to help customers find the metal they need, quickly and easily, for their projects.”
As a serial entrepreneur, Sisitsky has over 20 years of experience in business operations, including managing a healthcare consultancy that helped develop 32 startup facilities. In her role as Founder and Executive Director at MakerspaceCT, Sisitsky was recognized by the Hartford Business Journal as a 2025 Women in Business Honoree for fostering skills development and entrepreneurship. It was through this business that Sisitsky identified the market need for a Metal Supermarkets store in Hartford.
“We look forward to opening our third location in the Constitution State,” said Stephen Schober, President and CEO of Metal Supermarkets. “We’re impressed with Devra’s career accomplishments, driven by an unwavering entrepreneurial spirit. We welcome Devra as an experienced business leader to skillfully guide her team as they deliver exceptional Metal Supermarkets service to metal users in the Hartford area.”
Metal Supermarkets provides solutions to customers’ metal needs in both the business-to-business and business-to-consumer categories. Over 8,000 types, shapes and grades of metal can be cut to each customer’s exact specifications, with several other value-added processes available such as bending, drilling and notching. With a diverse product base and no minimum order quantity, Metal Supermarkets has earned long-lasting relationships with customers, delivering world-class customer experiences.
The new Metal Supermarkets Hartford (West) store will service West Hartford and surrounding areas in addition to Bloomfield, Farmington, New Britain, Newington, Simsbury, Windsor and Hartford County.
Located at 170 Scott Swamp Road, Farmington, Connecticut, 06032, Metal Supermarkets Hartford (West) is open 5 days a week, Monday – Friday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM.
For additional information about Metal Supermarkets Hartford (West), visit https://www.metalsupermarkets.com/location/hartford-west/.
ABOUT METAL SUPERMARKETS
Celebrating 40 years of operation, Metal Supermarkets, the world’s largest supplier of small-quantity metals, has over 130 brick-and-mortar stores across the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom with 15 franchise locations in development. Known for its speed and convenience, Metal Supermarkets sells a wide variety of metals including Aluminum, Hot-Rolled Steel, Cold-Rolled Steel, Stainless Steel, Alloy Steel, Galvanized Steel, Tool Steel, Brass, Bronze and Copper. With highly specialized staff, customers can get the metal they need, cut to size, with a wide variety of value-added metal processing services available including Production Cutting, Shearing, Plate Cutting, Bending, Drilling, Hole Punching, Notching, Delivery and more. For more information about how Metal Supermarkets is helping customers today and tomorrow, visit the Metal Supermarkets website, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
For further information: Laura Schober, Senior PR & Communications Specialist | (647) 981-9040
