September 2006

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MCN Top 50
Service Center Industry Giants
Metal Center News ranks the largest, most successful service centers in North America. Ryerson remains No. 1, but Reliance is not far behind.

Pipe & Tube Outlook
‘Strong Through Year’s End’
Producers and distributors of pipe and tube products are enjoying a very prosperous 2006, and hoping for more of the same next year.

Service Center Readership Study
Metal Center News readers rate the magazine against others that cover the metals distribution industry.

MCN Case Study: Sunbelt-Turret Steel Inc.
 Making the Cut
 Sunbelt-Turret flourishes after owner Wayne Gould allows the acquired company to focus on its specialty—cutting large-diameter rounds.

From the Editor's Desk
Katrina One Year Later:
Expectations Overblown
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
Where Productivity is Growing
in Wholesale Distribution
 By Adam J. Fein, Pembroke Consulting

Service Center News: Home Page

  • A.M. Castle Expands in Aerospace,
    Defense with Transtar Acquisition
  • Ferguson Metals completes
    Upgrade at Ohio Center
  • RathGibson Diversifies Line
    with Greenville Tube Deal
  • Norfolk Expands Facilities in Nebraska, Kansas
  • Worthington Gets into Stainless
    with Preceision Specialty Metals
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News: Home Page

  • Wheeling-Pitt Pushes CSN Deal;
    Esmark Offer Backed by Union
  • Schorsch to Oversee
    Mittal's Flat Products in the Americas
  • Investment Firm to Acquire
    Aleris International
  • Kaiser Extends Long-Term
    Aluminum Supply Agreements
  • Turkish Steelmaker Borcelik
    to Add Galvanizing Line
  • Schnitzer Steel Acquires
    Recycler in New England
  • ADS, Port of Shreveport
    Open Metals Warehouse
  • Northwest Pipe Completes
    Mexican Facility Expansion
  • Edgen Sales, Revenues
    Increase in 2nd Quarter
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News: Home Page

  • Trade Groups Trade Claims
    in Conflicting Reports on China
  • Crude Steel Production
    Up significantly from 2005
  • MSCI: July Steel Inventories
    Outpace 2005 Figures
  • AISI: Steel Imports in July Reach
    Second Highest in History
  • CBSA: Copper Shipments Dip
    from June to July
  • SSINA: Stainless Steel Imports
    Track Ahead of 2005
  • PMA: Metalforming Companies
    See Downturn Ahead
  • Briefs
 

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