U.S. service centers shipped 40.7 million tons of steel in 2011, an increase of 14.2 percent over 2010, according to the latest data from the Metals Service Center Institute, Rolling Meadows, Ill.
Read More The crash of 2008 had a considerable impact on domestic manufacturing, though its resurgence since then has been equally dramatic, according to the Association for Manufacturing Technology.
Read More Nussbaum Transportation and Wabash National have combined forces to give the steel supply chain an alternative to flatbed trucking. The companies have introduced the first dry freight van with a 35,000-pound floor.
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