May 2007

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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:
Service Centers Poised
to Loosen the Purse Strings
Wary of over committing to capital spending as they entered 2007, but encouraged by a strong first quarter, many service centers are planning to follow through with extensive equipment upgrades. MCN’s latest capital equipment survey forecasts a modest increase in industry spending for 2007.

First-Quarter Report: Mills
Mills Exceed Expectations
Despite Softness in Flat-Roll
With distributor inventories getting back in line and demand picking up in flat-roll products, mill executives reported a strong start to what is shaping up as another good year.

First-Quarter Report: Service Centers
‘Managing Margins in a Very Competitive Environment’
In their first-quarter financial reports to analysts and shareholders, service center executives reported continued positive results, though in a market where tough competitive pressures threaten profitability.

MCN Case Study: JDM Steel Service Inc.
JDM Sees SCS as its Future
Rich Merlo and JDM Steel have hitched their wagon to a pioneering new steel processing technology.

From the Editor's Desk
Readers Fire Back Over
Cowboy Characterization
 By Tim Triplett, Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
Copper Market Report:
Prices Higher Than Prospects
 By Tim Triplett, Editor-In-Chief

Service Center News Home Page

  • 'Nickel Bubble to Burst--Eventually'
  • Namasco Acquires Connecticut's Primary Steel
  • Marmon/Keystone Opens
    Wisconsin Service Center
  • Edgen Acquires PetroSteel
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • SeverCorr Accelerates Plans
    to Double Capacity
  • Canadian Steelmaker Algoma
    Acquired by India's Essar
  • IPSCO Acknowledges Talks
    Under Way on Possible Sale
  • New Management Assignments at Steel Dynamics
  • U.S. Steel Forms Venture with Korea's POSCO
  • Spiral Welded Pipe Mill
    Built at Trinity Products
  • Arcelor Mittal Finalizes
    Acquisition to Sicarsta
  • Croatian Fund Accepts 
    Bid by CMC for Pipe Mill
  • Revere to Close New Bedford Mill
  • Alcan Allies with Saudi MIne
  • ISM April Survey Shows
    Growth in Manufacturing
  • Stelco Transfers Hot-Strip
    Operation to Lake Erie
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • SSINA Study: Chinese Subsidize Stainless Industry
  • MSCI: Steel Inventories, Shipments Continue to Decline
  • AIIS: Steel Imports Slowing Through First Quarter
  • AISI: February Steel Shipments Trail 2006 Figures
  • IISI: Crude Steel Production Up 10.2% in First Quarter
  • SSINA: Stainless Imports Rise Through First Month
  • PMA: Metalforming Companies Envision Slowing Conditions
  • CBSA: Copper Shipments Well Behind 2006 Figures
 

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