May 2008

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Top 20 Service Center
Equipment Brands
Service center executives reveal some of their favorite makes of metal processing equipment in this informal, top-of-mind brand survey.

Capital Spending Report
Expenditures Exceed Low Expectations
Processing equipment manufacturers are encouraged by early sales results despite the rough economic forecast.

Producer Profile: TMK North America
‘Russian’ Headlong into the Americas
Russian companies, such as the TMK Group, are investing aggressively in the North American steel market and shaking up the traditional sources of supply for service centers.

First-Quarter Report: Mills & Service Centers
Earnings Defy Recession
In their first-quarter reports to analysts and investors, mill and service center executives discuss the surprising contradiction of record-high steel prices and a weakening economy.

From the Editor's Desk
A Tale of Two Industries:
The Big and All the Rest
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
Market Changes Challenge Copper
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Service Center News Home Page

  • Olympic Plans Center in South Carolina
  • Loeffel Promotes "Scrap a Coil for Epilepsy'
  • Hedtman Steel Closing Crawfordsville Facility
  • Centric, ArcelorMittal Forge Partnership
  • Reliance Aquires Dynamic Metals
  • Obituaries: Lawrence Burr, John McConnell,
    Ronald Cincinnati
  • People
  • Briefs

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • Indian Steelmaker Essar to Acquire Esmark Inc.
  • U.S. Steel to Construct Carbon
    Alloy Synthesis Facility in Alabama
  • New Galvanizing Line Planned
    at Nippon, ArcelorMittal Venture
  • SSAB to Increase Heat-Treat Capacity
  • Republic Installing New Equipment at Lackawanna
  • LME Offers Billet Trading on Ring
  • Century Steel Acquired By Pacific Coast Steel
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • IISI Forecast: Strong 2008 for Global Steel
  • MSCI: Steel, Aluminum Shipments Dip Sharply
  • AISI: March Imports Up 1.2% vs. February
  • AIIS: Imports Creep Up, 'But Remain Too Low'
  • CBSA: Coppermetal Shipments Off 2.7% in First Quarter
  • ISSF: Stainless Production Declines in 2007
  • SSINA: Stainless Consumption Increases in February
  • Briefs

 

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