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![A Salute to the Salesperson]()
When I was a kid my father’s left arm was very tan by July 4th of every summer. He drove the roads of Missouri and Iowa throughout the week and his left arm tanned as it rested on the open window of the Chevrolet while he steered with his right. He was a traveling salesman.
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It’s last call for a pair of reader-involved efforts for Metal Center News.
Time is running out to submit your reply to the AdQ Research study. The survey takes just five minutes, and helps provide Metal Center News and its advertisers with valuable feedback on our ads and our editorial product.
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If there’s one subject that unites the service center operator, mill, toll processor and manufacturer, it’s the tremendous difficulty finding quality help. Whether the opening is on the floor or in the office, filling it is a challenge.
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![View From the Corner Office: Two Good Answers to Stainless or Service]()
As our industry has evolved over the last several decades, those companies who have weathered bad times and still prosper today are the ones that understand steel and service.
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The July issue of Metal Center News is now available. As you peruse it, please be aware we are again conducting an AdQ Research in conjunction with the issue.
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![View From the Corner Office: Steel With 2020 Just Ahead]()
Steel has been on the top side of the bell curve for the past two years, the question is can the upswing be maintained throughout 2019?
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The U.S. economy is entering rare territory, in more ways than one.
Barring a cataclysmic event over the next five days, the U.S. economy will mark its 10th year of expansion on July 1st, marking the longest run of growth since the data was tracked.
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The past two weeks gave a brief scare to supporters of the passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement. The deal, which looked certain to be approved once steel and aluminum tariffs were removed from Mexico and Canada, was suddenly back in limbo.
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Wholesale distribution in the United States reached a record $6.01 trillion in 2018, representing 29 percent of GDP. But that up cycle is running out, reports the National Association of Wholesale-Distributors in its recently released State of the Wholesale Distribution Industry report.
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Over the course of the final six months of 2018, the price of hot-rolled coil declined more than $170 per ton. The start of 2019 has not changed that trend, with prices dipping another $60 through April.
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