Up and Down Service centers and manufacturers see opportunity in vertically integrated supply chain

A recently installed Kinetic plasma cutting machine adds to the processing capabilities at O’Brien Steel Service’s facility in Wausau, Wis. (Photo Courtesy O’Brien Steel Service)

Vertical integration in the metals supply chain is being driven by customer demand, and both service centers and manufacturers are seeing opportunities. Read More

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Norfolk Acquires O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals Group

Norfolk Iron & Metal Co., Norfolk, Neb, will acquire O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals LLC. O’Neal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of O'Neal Industries Inc., Birmingham, Ala. The transaction is expected to close by Dec. 31.
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Coil Processing Solutions – Your Success Is Our Goal

Butech Bliss is a leading innovator designing, manufacturing and servicing coil processing equipment including complete cut-to-length lines, slitting/multi blanking lines and push-pull pickling lines for the metal producers, service centers and toll processors around the world.

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How Would Your Customers Rate Your Performance?

Each year, John Jacobson delivers Metal Center News with interesting data on how mill customers view their suppliers. There are, of course, numerous ways to look at the information.
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Butech, Samuel Nelson Offer Advanced Push-Pull Pickling Line Technology

When it comes to building equipment to process high-strength steels, nobody does it better than Butech Bliss and Samuel Nelson Technology.
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Business Topics

Morrison: Long Recovery Still Has Room to Grow

At last month’s CRU North American Steel Conference, the principal economist for CRU Group asked, and answered, the question: Is a recession imminent?
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Products

Leveltek Installs Both New Lines and Retrofits

Benwood, W.Va.-based Leveltek builds stretch leveling machines for installation in coil-to-sheet (cut-to-length) and coil-to-coil lines. The stretch leveling machines can be installed in new line or retrofitted into existing lines.
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CBSA Adjusts Shipment Report

The Copper and Brass Servicenter Association has implemented new reporting measures for its monthly shipment report. The Overland Park, Kansas-based trade group is now breaking down its shipments into five primary groups: Copper Strip & Sheet; Copper Plate; Copper Rod/Bar/Profile/Hollow; Copper Tube & Pipe; plus Finished Goods in dollars.
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Up and Down Service centers and manufacturers see opportunity in vertically integrated supply chain

Featured

Service Center News

Norfolk Acquires O'Neal Flat Rolled Metals Group

Featured Video

Coil Processing Solutions – Your Success Is Our Goal

Op-Ed

How Would Your Customers Rate Your Performance?

Featured Product

Butech, Samuel Nelson Offer Advanced Push-Pull Pickling Line Technology

Business Topics

Morrison: Long Recovery Still Has Room to Grow

Products

Leveltek Installs Both New Lines and Retrofits

Current News

CBSA Adjusts Shipment Report

MCN Directories

Toll Processors

Metal Distribution

Master Distributors

Transportation & Logistics

Pipe & Tube Suppliers

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Featured Video

Featured Product

Toll Processors

Metal Distribution

Master Distributors

Transportation & Logistics

Pipe & Tube Suppliers

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