Historic pricing and strong demand led to across the board sales records in the 20th year of MCN’s survey of North America’s largest service centers. Photo courtesy Reliance Steel & Aluminum.

The appliance segment followed up a banner 2020 with an even better 2021, and healthy backlogs could lead to continued strength this year.

Holding on to employees proves challenging in the metals industry, but service centers can successfully retain talent by demonstrating loyalty and offering incentives.

The metals supply chain followed up the pandemic-dominated 2020 with a 12-month span that was even more unpredictable. Low stock levels were the rules for most metals warehouses.

Kloeckner Metals Corp. has broken ground on a new service center facility in Parque Industrial O’Donnell Fase V, Aeropuerto in Queretaro, Mexico. The new 84,000-square-foot facility is expected to open in Spring 2022.

American Fabricators, also known as Kloeckner Metals Nashville, has expanded its capabilities with the addition of a heavy fabricated frame assembly work cell and manipulator. AFI’s dual commitment to both cutting edge technology and Kloeckner’s safety culture led to the upgrades.

The pandemic once again highlighted the value of not letting a crisis go to waste.

The pandemic took a bite out of revenues for the continent’s largest service centers, but the rough times will undoubtedly be short-lived.

Service center companies look to quickly bring new hires up to speed on all aspects of the operation.

Richard Marabito was elected board chairman for the Metals Service Center Institute during the trade group’s virtual annual meeting. Marabito, the CEO of Cleveland-based Olympic Steel, replaces outgoing chairman Eddie Lehner, president and CEO of Ryerson, Chicago.

Metal industry professionals are seeking quality employees, but finding talent is often easier said than done.

Reliance Steel & Aluminum’s revenues of $11 billion in 2019 make it North America’s largest service center company for the 13th straight year.

Kloeckner Metals, Roswell, Ga., has promoted Amanda Middendorf to vice president of human resources. The promotion went into effect Aug. 21.

Through a relatively new initiative, Kloeckner Metals has successfully driven a safety culture into the workplace.

Kloeckner Metals Corporation, Roswell, Ga., has promoted Andrea Moseley to the position of chief financial officer. She will replace Kirk Johnson, who retired on March 31.

Kloeckner Metals Corporation, Roswell, Ga., has promoted Andrea Moseley to the position of chief financial officer, effective April 1. She had been working as executive vice president of finance at the service center giant.

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The manufacturing arena has never been more competitive. When it comes to technology, there are few manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors who aren’t at risk of being gobbled up by competitors.