Service Center News

SPS Companies Acquires Jemison Metals

SPS Companies Inc. will acquire Jemison Metals from Jemison Investment Company, the latest deal between two major service center companies in North America. Jemison, based in Birmingham, Ala., is a flat-rolled service center with seven facilities in five states.
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Thrive In The Digital Age With RealSTEEL Software

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Op-Ed

NAW Developing AI Framework for Distributors

One of the issues with the rapid advance of technology is the inevitable process of playing catch up. All too often, industries, or just individual companies, race to embrace a new technology first, then put in guardrails or standards later.
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Featured Product

Natural Looking Wood in Film AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel’s CERAM-A-STAR Select Expressions is a high-performance silicone-modified polyester textured coating that achieves a wood grain effect finish in wood and stone prints. It was developed using the advanced CERAM-A-STAR 1050 platform, showcasing industry-leading technology.
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Business Topics

Frontier AI: Moving From a System of Record to a System of Action

Here's a useful way to think about the software running your business: everything you own today is a system of record, and a system of record has exactly one job. It remembers.
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Products

New Product News-Coil Coating

Product by: Vorteq | PPG | AkzoNobel | Globus | GFG Peabody | FUCHS | Danieli (photo by)
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Waelzholz to Build Cold-Rolled Facility in Mexico

Germany's Waelzholz will build a new 50,000-ton cold-rolled steel facility in Ramos Arizpe, Coahuila, Mexico. The facility is expected to be operational in mid-2028.
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