April 2005
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Automotive
Outlook
Caution: Profitability Potholes Ahead
Production and sales of cars and light trucks are forecast to slip slightly
this year. Automakers and their suppliers are more focused on trying to
sustain profits in an era of high raw materials costs and rising gasoline
prices.
Conference
Report: SBB Steel Markets Steel’s Future on the Right Track
Insiders propose that the steel industry pursue a new model for supply
chain management, one that leads to less waste (read: lower inventories),
smoother flow of materials and sustained profits for all participants.
Specialty
Report: The State of Stainless
Global demand for stainless products was almost too good to be true in
2004. Can the boom continue in 2005 and beyond?
Executive
of the Year Gala
Not only was Dave Lerman a humble and deserving recipient of MCN Executive
of the Year honors last month, he brought the band!
MCN
Case Study: Steel Mfg. & Warehouse
Reborn in the Grain Belt
A family company lost its way during the consolidation craze, but came
out the other side a healthier business with a renewed local identity.
From
the Editor's Desk
Year
Gets Off to a Nervous Start
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief
Business
Topics
Dealing
with the Global Transformation
By Alain Belda
Service Center News
- Carrier Woes, or Why It's Hard to Book Your Load
- Copper
and Brass Sales Buys
Slitco Metal Processing & Sales - Novamerican's Sales Jump 40 Percent
- U.S. Metals Joins Esmark
- Copper Distributors Off to a Slow Start
- Briefs
- Obituary: Maurice Horwitz
- People
Metal Industry News
- Gary Works Furnace Rebuild to Take 91 Days
- Inland Accelerates Maintenance Outages
- Bankruptcy
Court Authorizes
Stelco to Access Capital Markets - Kaiser
Reports Loss, Though Operating
Performance Considered Strong - W-P Steel Launces Hot-Strip Mill Project
- IPSCO
to Build Finishing
Facilities at Blytheville - OSM Acquires Camrose Pipe
- Executive
to Steel Caucus:
Level the Playing Field - Alcan Sells Tubing Business
- Ipsco to Buy Back Shares
- Galvanizing, Annealing Guides Publisheed
- Briefs
- Obituaries: Nathanael Vining Davis; Om Prakash Jindal
- People
Association News
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