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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.
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Reliance Steel & Aluminumís record revenues of $11.5 billion in 2018 keeps it atop the annual survey of North Americaís largest service center companies.
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The steel industry has struggled to keep pace with other sectors when it comes to adopting new technologies, but that is finally starting to change.
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As summer starts to wind down, it’s time for Metal Center News to once again start thinking of its highest honor – the Service Center Executive of the Year. This year’s honoree will become the 23rd recipient of the distinction.
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You’ve been hearing about it for a decade or more. The skills gap is coming. The skills gap is here. The skills gap will be the death knell for U.S. industry.
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For the second-straight year, Metal Center News’ Service Center Executive of the Year honor is serving as a fitting retirement present. Gregg Mollins, the president and CEO of Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., is the choice for the 22nd installment of the annual honor, the highest in the service center business.
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As it does every year, Metal Center News compiles sales figures for North America’s largest service center companies for their most recently completed fiscal year.
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At Metal Center News, the arrival of the dog days of summer means it’s time to start thinking about our highest honor, the Service Center Executive of the Year. This December, MCN will bestow the distinction on the 22nd recipient. Last year, we sent Kloeckner Metals’ Bill Partalis off into retirement with a fitting gift.
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Kloeckner Metals' Greenville, S.C., branch has become the fifth in the company to be awarded an IATF 16949 management system certificate for processing flat-rolled steel, stainless and aluminum, including slitting, cut to length, and configured blanks. The other branches include Murfreesboro, Tenn., Calvert, Ala., Cincinnati and Monterrey, Mexico.
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Kloeckner Metals, Roswell, Ga., has just wrapped up the installation of four PVD lines at its Cincinnati location. The process applies a variety of coatings onto traditional stainless products through Physical Vapor Deposition.
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Analysts and manufacturers say consumer spending, a growing economy and home sales will drive demand for appliances in 2018.
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The market size for metals distribution in the U.S. is estimated to be $183 billion. However, this market is plagued by two characteristics that could cause unprecedented disruption: it’s both highly commoditized and highly fragmented.
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Bill Partalis, CEO Kloeckner Metals. Bill Partalis is supposed to be coasting. After 40 years in the metals business, including the last15 as CEO of Roswell, Ga.-based Kloeckner Metals and its predecessor Namasco Steel, Partalis will retire at the end of 2017. But going gently into that good night is not part of the plan.
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Kloeckner Metals has made no secret of its plans to develop a digital platform to serve the metals distribution industry. And that, by itself, is just one way the Roswell, Ga.-based company is treading uncommon ground.
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Though rising import levels challenge producers, the nearly decade-long growth in aluminum consumption shows no sign of abating. For the eighth consecutive year, aluminum demand has been on the upswing.
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Kloeckner Metals Corp. recently opened its facility in Greenville, S.C., following the completion of an $11.3 million expansion. The upgraded facility includes a 50,000-square-foot bay with 43-ton cranes, as well as a new automated slitting line capable of processing advanced high-strength steels and aluminum.
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Kloeckner Metals Corp. recently opened its facility in Greenville, S.C., following the completion of an $11.3 million expansion. The upgraded facility includes a 50,000-square-foot bay with 43-ton cranes, as well as a new automated slitting line capable of processing advanced high-strength steels and aluminum.
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Bill Partalis will retire as CEO of Kloeckner Metals, Roswell, Ga., at the end of the year. Partalis is a 34-year veteran of North America’s fourth-largest service center company, serving as CEO for the last 15.
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