Final Thoughts
Final Thoughts
Written by John Packard
December 1, 2017
I am sitting in the airport in Fort Lauderdale waiting on my flight to Las Vegas. I am on my way to attend the HARDI annual conference. If you are planning on and would like to meet with me during the conference, you can email or text me.
My email address is John@SteelMarketUpdate.com and my phone number is 770-596-6268. I am speaking at the steel committee meeting on Tuesday at 10 AM.
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A note about our Christmas and New Year’s schedule. Our last issue for the 2017 calendar year will be Thursday, Dec. 21. We will not publish any newsletters from Sunday, Dec. 24, through New Year’s Day. Our first issue for calendar year 2018 will be Tuesday, Jan. 2.
As always, your business is truly appreciated by all of us here at Steel Market Update.
John Packard, Publisher
John Packard
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