April 2007

Automotive Outlook:
New Domestics in High Gear
2007 is shaping up as another good year for Honda, Nissan and Toyota—and another challenge for GM, Ford and DaimlerChrysler.           

MCN Case Study: Esmark Inc.
Bouchard’s Unconventional Vision
for a Steel Hybrid
Chicago-based service center company Esmark Inc. surprised the steel industry last year with its successful takeover of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Metal Center News editors sat down with the architect of that maneuver, James P. Bouchard, to learn the details of his vision for a distribution-oriented steel company built around his newly acquired mill.

Service Center Software:
Understanding Processing—Inside and Out
Software developers have enhanced their products to help service centers better forecast demand and control inventories while managing multiple locations and the flow of material to and from outside processors.

From the Editor's Desk
Service Center Cowboys
Shoot Industry in Foot
By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
Lustgarten: Mid-cycle Pause
Little Cause for Concern
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Service Center News Home Page

  • Marmon/Keystone Acquires Victory Tube
  • Ryerson Delays Contentious Board Meeting
  • Worthington Suffers Slow Processing Quarter
  • A.M. Castle Tops $1 Billion in Sales
  • It's 67 Years and Counting for Louisville's Senior Salesman
  • TW Opens Distribution, Sales Office in India
  • Main Steel Adds Capacity
  • Gibraltar Acquires Expanded Metals Maker
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • U.S. Steel Expands Tubular Goods
    Reach with Purchase of Lone Star
  • Esmark, Wheeling-Pitt Combination Finalized
  • Arcelor Mittal Building Polish Service Center
  • Chaparral Reports Increase in Fourth-Quarter Income
  • Keystone Buys CaluMetals
  • Purity Metal Holdings Purchased by Kennametal
  • Timken Expanding Small-Bar Rolling Mill
  • Trumpf Opens Facility in Monterrey, Mexico
  • Kaiser Sales, Income Jump in Fourth Quarter
  • CMC Purchase Expands Fabrication Operations
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • MSCI Endorses Fair Currency Act
  • MSCI: Steel Shipments Decline
    for Sixth Straight Month; Correction Continues
  • AISI: House Reauthorizes Metals Initiative
  • AIIS: Steel Imports Decline 10 Percent in February
  • SSINA: Stainless Steel Imports Up 23 Percent in 2006
  • PMA: Business Conditions Decline in March
  • IISI: World Steel Demand to Grow 5.9 Percent
  • ISSF: World Stainless Production up 16.7 Percent in 2006
 

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