February 2008

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Toll Processing Outlook
Economy Takes a Toll
on Processors’ Hopes
Faced with a struggling automotive sector, the effects of mill consolidation and an iffy economy, toll processors are holding their breath as they head into 2008.

Metal Center News 2008
Directory of Toll Processors
MCN’s annual toll processing directory is a simple-to-use resource to help companies locate a service provider that can meet their specific processing needs. It is not available on the web. To order a copy, contact Pam Patel.

Tubular Products Report
Profits in the Pipeline
Suppliers are working hard to keep up with demand for energy tubulars, especially line pipe.

MCN Sales Compensation Survey
Sales Salaries Stay Flat
Service center sales professionals saw little or no growth in their earnings last year, according to the latest sales compensation survey from Metal Center News.

2007 Year-End Report and Outlook
Mills Produce Record Results
Sluggishness in the U.S. economy wasn’t enough to keep some U.S. producers of steel, aluminum and specialty metals from reporting record sales and income during recent fourth-quarter and year-end financial reports to analysts and shareholders.

From the Editor's Desk
Gomory: Thumbs Down
to Smith's Invisible Hand
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Business Topics
DiMicco: U.S. Needs Stronger
Trade, Manufacturing Policy
 By Tim Triplett,
Editor-In-Chief

Service Center News Home Page

  • Samuel Reorganizes Operations
    in Western Canada
  • ArcelorMittal, BE Group
    Form Venture in Sweden
  • Burgon Tool Steel Acquires Kloster
  • Sunbelt-Turret Adds Texas Location
  • Titanium Industries to Supply
    Material to UTC in India
  • Hadco Opens Warehouse in Philadelphia
  • Yarde Goes Green
  • Apollo Acquisition Secures
    TK's Position in Aerospace Sector
  • Briefs
  • People

Metal Industry News Home Page

  • Study Suggests There May Be
    A Future for Steel Futures
  • U.S. Steel, JFE
    Enter Technical Exchange
  • Nucor, Duferco Team Up
    in Foreign Beam Venture
  • Rio Tinto Rejects BHP Billiton's
    $147.4 Billion Buyout Offer
  • Timken Acquiring Boring Specialties
  • Samuel Manu-Tech Buys Tube Company
  • Bolton Metals Acquired by Global Brass, Copper
  • Briefs
  • People

Association News Home Page

  • NAM Forecasts Sluggish Growth,
    Supports Economic Stimulus
  • Commerce Puts Duties on
    'Dumped' Chinese Pipe
  • MSCI: Steel Inventories Rise;
    Liquidation at an End?
  • AISI: China is Top Offshore Supplier of Finished Steel
  • IISI: World Steel Output Up by 7.5% in 2007
  • CBSA: 2007 Service Center Shipments Down 5.5%
 

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