Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
October 28, 2016
Our next flat rolled steel market trends analysis will not begin until next Monday, November 7th. We will begin our November surveys on the 7th and the 21st of the month. If you would like to be added to our invitee list please send me an email: John@SteelMarketUpdate.com. We currently have about 575 people on the survey invitee list and I would like to grow the number to slightly more than 600 people if possible.
The Association of Steel Distributors (ASD) is hosting their annual meeting in Las Vegas in conjunction with FabTech. The dates of the ASD event are November 17-19th. The Wynn Hotel is where ASD members are staying. You can find more details on the ASD website: www.SteelDistributors.org.
Steel Market Update is producing a short two hour version of our Steel 101 workshop for FabTech on Friday, November 18th from 8 AM until 10 AM at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Details can be found on the FabTech website where the program is called Steel Metal 101: Mill to Fabricator. If you have any questions about our workshop (which is free of charge) please send us an email: info@SteelMarketUpdate.com.
Our Memphis, Tennessee Steel 101 workshop which will be held on the 15th and 16th of November is sold out. The next one available for registration is our Huntsville, Alabama workshop which will be held on January 24-25, 2017 and will include a tour of the Nucor Decatur steel mill. You can find details here or on our website: www.SteelMarketUpdate.com.
As always your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher
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